Pneumococcal peritonitis

Pneumococcus is a bacterium that can cause many diseases, including pneumonia and meningitis. One of the complications of pneumonia is peritonitis, which is an inflammation of the peritoneum (the serous membrane covering the internal organs).

Pneumococcal peritonitis is a type of peritonitis that occurs as a result of hematogenous spread of infection caused by pneumococcus. This means that the infection spreads through the blood and reaches the abdominal cavity.

Symptoms of pneumococcal peritonitis may include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever and chills. In some cases, peritonitis can lead to the development of an abscess, which may require surgery.

To treat pneumococcal peritonitis, antibiotics are used, which can be prescribed either intravenously or orally. Techniques aimed at reducing inflammation of the peritoneum, such as laparoscopy or peritoneal dialysis, may also be used.

It is important to remember that pneumococcal peritonitis can be life-threatening, so you should seek medical help when the first symptoms of the disease appear.

Peritonitis caused by Gram-positive pneumococcus bacilli is called pneumococcal peritonitis. Pneumonia usually accompanies rheumatic heart disease and mitral valve stenosis, emphysema and silicosis, diseases of the esophagus (achalasia) and intestines (Crohn's disease), and furunculosis. With rare infectious diseases (food poisoning, diphtheria, influenza, tuberculosis, whooping cough, typhus), complications in the form of inflammation of the peritoneum are very common. Very rarely, pneumococci enter the free abdominal cavity or rectum from the stomach or small intestine through the intestinal wall, especially in ulcerative colitis or disease