BRIEF REPORT: Acute Terminal Ileitis Associated with Pneumococcal Bacteremia: Case Report and Review of Pneumococcal Gastrointestinal Diseases | Zendy

Cathy A. Petti | Zendy; S.-H.I. Ou | Zendy; Daniel J. Sexton | Zendy

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BRIEF REPORT: Acute Terminal Ileitis Associated with Pneumococcal Bacteremia: Case Report and Review of Pneumococcal Gastrointestinal Diseases

Author(s) -

Cathy A. Petti,

S.-H.I. Ou,

Daniel J. Sexton

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/340262

Subject(s) - medicine , ileitis , streptococcus pneumoniae , bacteremia , enteritis , pathogenesis , immunology , pneumococcal infections , disease , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , crohn's disease , biology

In this report, we describe a patient with acute terminal ileitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, review 3 previously reported cases of isolated enteritis due to S. pneumoniae, and summarize the English-language literature on primary and secondary pneumococcal gastrointestinal diseases. Various theories have been advanced to explain the pathogenesis of this rare and potentially life-threatening form of pneumococcal infection, but the mechanism by which S. pneumoniae causes gastrointestinal disease is still unknown.

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