TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary group A streptococcal peritonitis in a previously healthy child
AU - Gillespie, Robert S.
AU - Hauger, Sarmistha B.
AU - Holt, Richard M.
PY - 2002/12/1
Y1 - 2002/12/1
N2 - Primary peritonitis in a child without underlying medical conditions is rare outside the neonatal period. A girl with no past medical history presented with acute abdominal pain. Laparotomy revealed primary peritonitis due to group A Streptococcus (serotype emm89). She was treated with antibiotics and immune globulin, and recovered fully.
AB - Primary peritonitis in a child without underlying medical conditions is rare outside the neonatal period. A girl with no past medical history presented with acute abdominal pain. Laparotomy revealed primary peritonitis due to group A Streptococcus (serotype emm89). She was treated with antibiotics and immune globulin, and recovered fully.
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U2 - 10.1080/0036554021000026944
DO - 10.1080/0036554021000026944
M3 - Article
C2 - 12578158
AN - SCOPUS:0036965658
SN - 0036-5548
VL - 34
SP - 847
EP - 848
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 11
ER -