Fatal Streptococcus pneumoniae Sepsis in a Patient With Celiac Disease-Associated Hyposplenism

We present a 59-year-old male with poorly controlled celiac disease (CD) and fatal Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis, describe the morphologic findings, and stress the need for monitoring splenic function and pneumococcal vaccination in these patients.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ouseph, Madhu M., Simons, Malorie, Treaba, Diana O., Yakirevich, Evgeny, Green, Peter H., Bhagat, Govind, Moss, Steven F., Mangray, Shamlal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5064423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761478
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.113
Descripción
Sumario:We present a 59-year-old male with poorly controlled celiac disease (CD) and fatal Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis, describe the morphologic findings, and stress the need for monitoring splenic function and pneumococcal vaccination in these patients.

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