A case of pneumococcal typhlitis
J. S. Harvey, R. Freeman and P. J. Corbett
A 29-year-old man had abdominal pain for 24 hours. This and the results of
an abdominal examination were typical of acute appendicitis. He had
suffered sinusitis for two weeks. At operation, the appendix was normal;
there was an abscess in the cecal wall, the exudate of which grew
pneumococci. Incidental appendectomy was done and the patient was treated
successfully with lincomycin hydrochloride, and later, cephalexin
monohydrate. It is possible that the typhlitis was secondary to the upper
respiratory infection.
