“…In various studies S milleri was present in microbiological cultures taken during surgery in 20% to 61% of patients with acute appendicitis [6,13,14]. However, not all studies that describe intraabdominal bacteriology at appendectomy make notice of S milleri [5,15,16]. In our study, 7% of the children developed an intraabdominal abscess after appendectomy despite prophylactic cephalosporin and metronidazole given at surgery and postoperative treatment with antibiotics in cases of perforated appendicitis.…”