The efficacy and immunogenecity of Pneumo-23 and ACT-HIB in patients undergoing splenectomy

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-281

  Uslu, Adam ^a   Yetiş, Halit ^a   Aykas, Ahmet ^a   Karagöz, Arif ^a   Doǧan, Murat ^a   Şimşek, Cenk ^a   Nart, Ahmet ^a   Yüzbaşioǧlu, M Fatih ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Act HIB; H. influenzae; Pneumo 23; Pneumococcal vaccines; S. pneumoniae; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4 BINDING PROTEIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; 23 VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; 23-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; OPSONIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; EVALUATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 33749672615     PISSN: 13006738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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