A PubMed literature search for “primary peritonitis” and
“streptococcus group A” for publication years from 1990 to 2014
was performed. 26 publications of case reports or small case
series with a total of 35 adult patients as well as one review could
be identified. Publications about pediatric patients were not
included in this analysis. The demographic characteristics and the
clinical symptoms of the published patients are summarized in
Table 1.