Congenital asplenia and group B streptococcus sepsis in the adult: Case report and review of the literature

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-439

  Thiruppathy, Kumaran ^a,c   Privitera, Antonio ^a   Jain, Kapila ^b   Gupta, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asplenia; Congenital; Group B streptococcus; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PARONYCHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARONYCHIA; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 48449105050     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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