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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...
Autores principales: | Shibata, Jumpei, Hiramatsu, Kazuhiro, Kenzaka, Tsuneaki, Kato, Takehito |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc
2019
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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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