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

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 440-443

  Davies, J M ^a   Barnes, R ^b   Milligan, D ^c  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PENICILLIN V; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN DISEASE;

EID: 0036760048     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.2-5-440     Document Type: Article

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