Fulminant sepsis after splenectomy;Foudroyant verlaufende Sepsis nach Splenektomie

Pathologe

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-260

  Rodriguez Gomez, M ^a   Oehler, U ^a   Helpap, B ^a,b  

^a Hegau Klinikum   (Germany)

^b Hegau Klinikum Singen   (Germany)

Author keywords

OPSI syndrome; postsplenectomy sepsis; sepsis; splenectomy; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SKIN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TONSIL; WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME;

EID: 0030957233     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002920050216     Document Type: Article

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