Describes two cases of pneumococcal peritonitis in adolescent girls caused by Type 1 tetracycline-resistant pneumococcus.
Alerts clinicians to tetracycline-resistant pneumococcal peritonitis in adolescents; leaves open prevalence, resistance trends, and optimal therapy.
Two cases of pneumococcal peritonitis, which occurred after puberty in previously healthy adolescent girls, are described. In each case, the infection was caused by a Type 1 tetracycline-resistant pneumococcus.
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