Pneumococcal infection transmission between family members with congenital asplenia: A case report

BACKGROUND: Asplenia, the lack of a spleen, can be congenital and increases susceptibility to severe infections caused by encapsulated bacteria, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae). We report two cases of severe pneumococcal infection in two asplenic family members living in the same ho...

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Autores principales: Shibata, Jumpei, Hiramatsu, Kazuhiro, Kenzaka, Tsuneaki, Kato, Takehito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6940331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911908
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v7.i24.4277

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6940331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911908
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v7.i24.4277

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