Prevention of post-splenectomy sepsis in patients with asplenia - a study protocol of a controlled trial
Abstract Background Patients with asplenia have a significantly increased lifelong risk of severe invasive infections, particular post-splenectomy sepsis (PSS). Clear preventive measures have been described in the literature, but previous studies found poor implementation of prevention recommendatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4752-2 |