Overwhelming postsplenectomy infection: A critical review of etiologic pathogens and management

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 779-783

  Norris, Robert P ^a   Vergis, Emanuel N ^a,b   Yu, Victor L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Penicillin; Splenectomy; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030324497     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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