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Case Report

Intrafamilial Transmission of Pneumococcal Acute Spontaneous Peritonitis

by
Ioanna Papadatou
1,2,3,*,†,
Angeliki Moudaki
1,†,
Anastasia Mentessidou
4,
Dimitrios Tsakogiannis
5,
Elissavet Georgiadou
1 and
Vana Spoulou
1,2,3
1
First Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children’s Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece
2
Immunology and Vaccinology Research Lab, First Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece
3
University Research Institute for the Study of Genetic & Malignant Disorders in Childhood, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children’s Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece
4
Department of Paediatric Surgery, ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children’s Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece
5
Department of Microbiology, Athens Medical School, 115 27 Athens, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2023, 15(3), 299-306; https://doi.org/10.3390/idr15030030
Submission received: 4 August 2022 / Revised: 5 May 2023 / Accepted: 12 May 2023 / Published: 30 May 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Bacterial Diseases)
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Abstract

Streptococcus pneumonia (S. pneumoniae, Pneumococcus) is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. The most common presentations of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children include bacteremic pneumonia, meningitis, and septicemia. However, pneumococcal acute spontaneous peritonitis is a highly uncommon—and potentially life-threatening—presentation of invasive pneumococcal disease and should be considered in cases of abdominal sepsis. To our knowledge, we report the first case of intrafamilial transmission of pneumococcal peritonitis in two previously healthy children.
Keywords: pneumococcal peritonitis; pneumococcal serotype 1; invasive pneumococcal disease pneumococcal peritonitis; pneumococcal serotype 1; invasive pneumococcal disease

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Papadatou, I.; Moudaki, A.; Mentessidou, A.; Tsakogiannis, D.; Georgiadou, E.; Spoulou, V. Intrafamilial Transmission of Pneumococcal Acute Spontaneous Peritonitis. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2023, 15, 299-306. https://doi.org/10.3390/idr15030030

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Papadatou I, Moudaki A, Mentessidou A, Tsakogiannis D, Georgiadou E, Spoulou V. Intrafamilial Transmission of Pneumococcal Acute Spontaneous Peritonitis. Infectious Disease Reports. 2023; 15(3):299-306. https://doi.org/10.3390/idr15030030

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Papadatou, Ioanna, Angeliki Moudaki, Anastasia Mentessidou, Dimitrios Tsakogiannis, Elissavet Georgiadou, and Vana Spoulou. 2023. "Intrafamilial Transmission of Pneumococcal Acute Spontaneous Peritonitis" Infectious Disease Reports 15, no. 3: 299-306. https://doi.org/10.3390/idr15030030

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Papadatou, I., Moudaki, A., Mentessidou, A., Tsakogiannis, D., Georgiadou, E., & Spoulou, V. (2023). Intrafamilial Transmission of Pneumococcal Acute Spontaneous Peritonitis. Infectious Disease Reports, 15(3), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.3390/idr15030030

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