Surgical wound infection caused by a multi drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A after a total coloproctectomy with ileostomy

Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Apr 6:35:97. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.97.19128. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) colonizes asymptomatically the human nasopharynx. This pathogen is responsible for sinusitis, otitis media, pneumonia, bacteremia and meningitis. We report the case of a 35-year-old female patient who developed a surgical wound infection by a multi drug resistant S. pneumoniae serotype 19A after a total coloprotectomy. This first found in Morocco shows the implication of multidrug resistant S. pneumoniae in surgical wound infections.

Keywords: Streptococcus pneumoniae; serotype 19A; surgical wound infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Colectomy
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ileostomy
  • Morocco
  • Pneumococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Serogroup
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology