Abstract
A previously healthy 6-year-old girl that initially presented with presumed viral gastrointestinal infection for a week and later developed catastrophic primary peritonitis and septic shock requiring resuscitation and emergency exploratory laparotomy without any identifiable intra-abdominal cause of the sepsis and the peritoneal exudates grew group A streptococci. Appropriate antibiotic therapy was instituted and she made a complete recovery.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Appendicitis* / diagnosis
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Child
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Exudates and Transudates / microbiology
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Female
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Humans
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Peritonitis / diagnosis*
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Peritonitis / drug therapy
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Peritonitis / microbiology
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Shock, Septic / diagnosis*
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Shock, Septic / drug therapy
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Shock, Septic / microbiology
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Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
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Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
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Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
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Streptococcus pyogenes*