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Case Reports
. 2015 Jan;9(1):DD03-4.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/10550.5467. Epub 2015 Jan 1.

Appendicitis in a Child due to Streptococcus Pneumoniae: A Rare Case Report

Dnyaneshawari Purushottam Ghadage  1 , Deepali Shivajirao Kamble  2 , Swati Shivajirao Nale  3 , Arvind Vamanrao Bhore  4
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Appendicitis in a Child due to Streptococcus Pneumoniae: A Rare Case Report

Dnyaneshawari Purushottam Ghadage et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Jan.

Abstract

A variety of bacterial species play a major role in appendicitis. Both aerobic and anaerobic gram positive and gram negative bacteria such as, Bacteroides fragilis, Streptococcus species, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species and Citrobacter freundii cause appendicitis. Appendicitis is usually polymicrobial. The case assumes importance because of single aetiological agent i.e. unimicrobial and no predisposing factors are present to cause infection. We report a rare case of appendicitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in child. This case emphasizes that Streptococcus pneumoniae can cause wide spectrum of disease like appendicitis.

Keywords: Appendicitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Unimicrobial.

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