Christian Georg Blumentrath Nils Ewald Jasmina Petridou Uwe Werner Barbara Hogan
10.3205/000237
Ger Med Sci
2016 Aug 29;14:Doc10.
overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (opsi) post-splenectomy vaccination prevention of opsi purpura fulminans septic shock
CC BY
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27610052/
Pneumococcal Infections / etiology Postoperative Complications / etiology Sepsis / etiology Splenectomy / adverse effects Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pneumococcal Infections / etiology Postoperative Complications / etiology Sepsis / etiology Splenectomy / adverse effects Streptococcus pneumoniae Case Reports Aged Fatal Outcome Female Humans
PMC5004600
27610052
The sword of Damocles for the splenectomised: death by OPSI
2016