Case report: Fatal overwhelming post-splenectomy infection in a patient with metastatic angiosarcoma treated with immunotherapy

A patient in his 40s with splenic angiosarcoma metastatic to the liver underwent splenectomy, chemotherapy, and partial hepatectomy before being treated on a clinical trial with CTLA4 and PD1 inhibitors. He had received pneumococcal and meningococcal vaccines post-splenectomy. On week 10, he develop...

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Hauptverfasser:	Carlos Torrado, Mehmet A. Baysal, Abhijit Chakraborty, Becky L. Norris, Fareed Khawaja, Apostolia M. Tsimberidou
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-05-01
Schriftenreihe:	Frontiers in Immunology
Schlagworte:	OPSI infection immunology immuno-therapy splenectomy CTLA4
Online-Zugang:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1366271/full
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