The sword of Damocles for the splenectomised: death by OPSI

The overwhelming post splenectomy infection (OPSI) in splenectomised patients is a rare but severe infection mostly caused by encapsulated bacteria. We analyse the case of a 65-year-old female patient who was presented with clinical and laboratory findings indicating gastroenteritis. Two years years...

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Autores principales: Blumentrath, Christian Georg, Ewald, Nils, Petridou, Jasmina, Werner, Uwe, Hogan, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27610052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/000237

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27610052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/000237

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