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1154. Impact of Vaccination Protocol Implementation and Splenectomized Patient Management in a Specialized Clinic on Incidence of Encapsulated Bacterial Infections: a Retrospective Cohort Study in Quebec, Canada

BACKGROUND: Splenectomy weakens immunity against encapsulated bacteria and is associated with increased overwhelming post-splenectomy infection rates. The impact of recommended vaccines for these bacterial infections has not been studied in Quebec. This study aims to i) assess changes in the inciden...

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Autores principales: Croft, Émilie, Gingras-Lessard, Florence, Musonera, Jean Berchmans, Carignan, Alex
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10676820/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.994