Anti-infectious prophylaxis after splenectomy: Current practice in an eastern region of Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 135, Issue 19-20, 2005, Pages 291-296

  Hasse, B ^a   Moll, C ^a   Oehy, K ^b   Rothlin M ^a   Krause, M ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Muensterlingen   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Frauenfeld   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asplenia; OPSI; Patient education; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BITE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SPLEEN CYST; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 20444469310     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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