Delayed surgery in a patient with pneumococcal peritonitis and bacteremia secondary to perforation of gastroduodenal ulcer: A case report
2018
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Very few cases of secondary peritonitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae have been described in the literature, and they have been found to occur mostly in patients with predisposing factors. Here, we report the case of an elderly patient who developed pneumococcal peritonitis secondary to perforation of gastroduodenal ulcer.
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