Sporadic isolated congenital asplenia with fulminant pneumococcal meningitis: a case report and updated literature review

BACKGROUND: Isolated congenital asplenia (ICA) is a rare and life-threatening condition that predisposes patients to severe bacterial infections. Most of the reported cases are familial and the mode of inheritance is usually autosomal dominant. Here, we report a case of sporadic isolated asplenia an...

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Autor principal: Iijima, Shigeo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29254492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2896-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29254492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2896-5

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