A 23-year-old man sustained abdominal trauma in a motorcycle accident that required a surgical splenectomy. He received the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) after surgery. Six months after his surgery, he calls his primary care provider because he has fever. What is the appropriate management? Are other prophylactic measures available and indicated
International audienceBackground: Guidelines that detail preventive measures against Streptococcus p...
The spleen is crucial in regulating immune homoeostasis through its ability to link innate and adapt...
Immunization against encapsulated bacterial pathogens decreases the incidence of post- splenectomy s...
BACKGROUND: Splenic injury can occur through multiple mechanisms and may result in various degrees o...
AbstractThe asplenic patient is at risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) due to enc...
The vital role of a normally-functioning spleen in a host's defence against circulating microorganis...
Pneumococcal disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in certain patie...
SummaryOverwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) remains a long-term risk in asplenic patients,...
SummaryObjectivesMost are aware of pneumococcal infection as a complication of splenectomy and the i...
Removal of the spleen presents a lifelong risk of infection, in particular the syndrome of overwhelm...
Background: Asplenic or splenectomized patients have a higher risk (ranging from 10 to 50-fold) than...
textabstractPatients with functional or anatomic asplenia are at a significantly increased ris...
The Dutch guideline for the preventions of infections in persons with (functional) hypo- or asplenie...
Objectives: Most are aware of pneumococcal infection as a complication of splenectomy and the increa...
Background Guidelines that detail preventive measures against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria me...
International audienceBackground: Guidelines that detail preventive measures against Streptococcus p...
The spleen is crucial in regulating immune homoeostasis through its ability to link innate and adapt...
Immunization against encapsulated bacterial pathogens decreases the incidence of post- splenectomy s...
BACKGROUND: Splenic injury can occur through multiple mechanisms and may result in various degrees o...
AbstractThe asplenic patient is at risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) due to enc...
The vital role of a normally-functioning spleen in a host's defence against circulating microorganis...
Pneumococcal disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in certain patie...
SummaryOverwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) remains a long-term risk in asplenic patients,...
SummaryObjectivesMost are aware of pneumococcal infection as a complication of splenectomy and the i...
Removal of the spleen presents a lifelong risk of infection, in particular the syndrome of overwhelm...
Background: Asplenic or splenectomized patients have a higher risk (ranging from 10 to 50-fold) than...
textabstractPatients with functional or anatomic asplenia are at a significantly increased ris...
The Dutch guideline for the preventions of infections in persons with (functional) hypo- or asplenie...
Objectives: Most are aware of pneumococcal infection as a complication of splenectomy and the increa...
Background Guidelines that detail preventive measures against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria me...
International audienceBackground: Guidelines that detail preventive measures against Streptococcus p...
The spleen is crucial in regulating immune homoeostasis through its ability to link innate and adapt...
Immunization against encapsulated bacterial pathogens decreases the incidence of post- splenectomy s...
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