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Successful intervention for overwhelming postsplenectomy infection caused by non-vaccine pneumococcal serotype 23A
The spleen plays an important role in the body’s immune defense against invasive infections, particularly those caused by encapsulated bacteria. Encapsulated bacterial infection in asplenic patients is a medical emergency called overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI) and has a mortality rate...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7202049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32395252 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa018 |