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Pacemaker Pocket Infection After Splenectomy

A post-splenectomy patient suffers from frequent infections due to capsulated bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis despite vaccination because of a lack of memory B lymphocytes. Pacemaker implantation after splenectomy is less common. Our patient...

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Autores principales: Barik, Ramachandra, Deb, Pranjit, Kumar, Abhinav, Mahapatra, Rudrapratap
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10001422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36911584
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35920