title: Primary group A streptococcal peritonitis in a previously healthy child.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98105-0371, USA. rgille@chmc.org
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.forename: Sarmistha B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Hauger
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Holt
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D010406:Penicillins; D002981:Clindamycin