title: Primary bacterial peritonitis in otherwise healthy children: imaging findings.
abstract: We report the imaging findings of two recent cases of primary bacterial peritonitis in otherwise healthy children with a clinical presentation mimicking acute appendicitis. Primary bacterial peritonitis is rare in the absence of underlying systemic disease. Although it has been described in the pediatric literature, the imaging findings have not been described in the radiological literature to the best of our knowledge. With imaging playing an increasing role in the evaluation of appendicitis in children, it is important for the radiologist to be familiar with this inflammatory process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, 560 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Phoebe H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Dann
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Amodio
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Nancy R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Fefferman
mesh_terms: D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed