Elissavet Georgiadou

Dr. Elissavet Georgiadou


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 March 2025 in European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
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EKElissavet Kollia
Elissavet Kollia
EKEleftheria Kokkinou
Eleftheria Kokkinou
COChrysa Outsika
Chrysa Outsika
GKGeorgia Koltsida
Georgia Koltsida
VZVasiliki Zouvelou
Vasiliki Zouvelou
RPRoser Pons
Roser Pons

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IPIoanna Papadatou
Ioanna Papadatou
AMAggeliki Moudaki
Aggeliki Moudaki
AMAnastasia Mentessidou
Anastasia Mentessidou
DTDimitris Tsakogiannis
Dimitris Tsakogiannis
EGElissavet Georgiadou
Elissavet Georgiadou
VSVana Spoulou
Vana Spoulou
Streptococcus pneumonia (S. pneumoniae, Pneumococcus) is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. The most common presentations of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children include bacteremic pneumonia, meningitis, and septicemia. However, pneumococcal acute spontaneous peritonitis is a highly uncommon—and potentially life-threatening—presentation of invasive pneumococcal disease and should be considered in cases of abdominal sepsis. To our knowledge, we report the first case of intrafamilial transmission of pneumococcal peritonitis in two previously healthy children.