Clinical spectrum of serious bacterial infections among splenectomized patients with hemoglobinopathies in Israel: A 37-year follow-up study

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Sakran, W ^a,b   Levin, C ^a,b   Kenes, Y ^a   Colodner, R ^a   Koren, A ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Hemoglobinopathy; Sickle cell disease; Splenectomy; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BETA THALASSEMIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM ABSCESS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SKIN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 84857792437     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0178-5     Document Type: Article

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