title: A five-year survey of pneumococcal peritonitis in two Danish counties--incidence, diagnosis and clinical entities.
abstract: Eighteen patients with pneumococcal peritonitis were hospitalized in a five-year survey period from a Danish catchment population of 730 000 (0.5/100 000/year). They were naturally divided into three groups: (1) six children with appendicitis; (2) eight women of childbearing age with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID); and (3) four elderly patients with ulcerating gastric diseases. Complications were observed in six patients. All infections were community-acquired, but the pneumococcal etiology was not suspected before the organism was isolated in the laboratory. A classification of peritonitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg, Lundsgårdsgade 26E, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark. kari.rubek.nielsen@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ejlertsen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El-Batran
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prag
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins