Postsplenectomy infection: Strategies for prevention in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 383-386

  Jones, Penelope ^a   Leder, Karin ^b   Woolley, Ian ^c   Cameron, Paul ^d   Cheng, Allen ^b   Spelman, Denis ^b  

^a Victorian Spleen Registry   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Infectious Diseases Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Immunisation; Patient education as a topic; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPLENECTOMY;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 77957263910     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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