Antibiotic prevention of pneumococcal infections in asplenic hosts: Admission of insufficiency

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-21

  de Montalembert, Mariane ^a   Lenoir, G ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Pneumococcus; Sickle cell disease; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0346639091     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0779-x     Document Type: Article

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