A rare case of secondary bacterial peritonitis from clostridium perfringens in an adult patient with noncirrhotic ascites and a Krukenberg tumor: Report of a case

Abstract

Secondary bacterial peritonitis, in comparison to spontaneous, presents with a surgically treatable intraabdominal source for infection such as a gastrointestinal perforation or abscess and is nearly always polymicrobial. We present a rare case of secondary bacterial peritonitis from Clostridium perfringens in an adult patient with noncirrhotic ascites and a Krukenberg tumor. © Copyright 2011 Scott R. Kelley and George M. Kerlakian.