Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of infection in patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7028, 1996, Pages 430-434

  Cavill, I ^a  

^a British Society for Haematology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALAISE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TICK BITE; TRAVEL;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0030020544     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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