Prevention and infection in adults patients with hyposplenism;Infections chez l'adulte asplénique et prévention

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 493-498

  Chanet, V ^a   Lesens, O ^a   Laurichesse, H ^a   Beytout, J ^a  

^a Service de Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

Author keywords

Antibioprophylaxie; Antibioprophylaxis; Asplenia; Aspl nie; Bacteremia; Bact r mie; Haemophilus influenzae b; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ORACILLINE; PENICILLIN V; PNEUMO23; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ASPLENIA; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOSPLENISM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

EID: 8144231052     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2004.06.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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