Pneumococcal sepsis due to functional hyposplenism in a bone marrow transplant patient

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 212-214

  Elias, M ^a,c   Bisharat, N ^b   Goldstein, L H ^c   Raz, R ^a,c   Saliba, W ^a,c  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; FUNCTIONAL HYPOSPLENISM; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOWELL JOLLY BODY; HUMAN; HYPOSPLENISM; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; MALE; NEISSERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLEEN DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPLENIC DISEASES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842638503     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1091-3     Document Type: Article

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