We report a case of a 5-year-old boy with acute abdomen following an upper airways infection who developed Meckel's diverticulum perforation secondary to group A β-hemolytic streptococcus and its successful treatment by a laparoscopic-assisted intervention. To the best of our knowledge, such an event has never been reported previously.

Secondary involvement of Meckel's diverticulum by group A β-hemolytic streptococcus in a child with upper airways infection treated by laparoscopic-assisted resection

Bertozzi M.
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2015-01-01

Abstract

We report a case of a 5-year-old boy with acute abdomen following an upper airways infection who developed Meckel's diverticulum perforation secondary to group A β-hemolytic streptococcus and its successful treatment by a laparoscopic-assisted intervention. To the best of our knowledge, such an event has never been reported previously.
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