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Overwhelming postsplenectomy infection due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in an asplenic cirrhotic patient: Case report
BACKGROUND: Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is usually self-limited, but some fulminant cases are fatal, even when occurring in previously healthy individuals. It can also be the cause of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI). CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of OPSI in a 41-year-old woma...
Autores principales: | Xu, Feng, Dai, Chao-Liu, Wu, Xing-Mao, Chu, Peng |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21651767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-162 |
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