Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection with group B Streptococcus

A case of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection is described. This occurred 10 years after splenectomy in an otherwise normal male adult. The infecting organism, β-haemolytic Streptococcus Group B, is usually of low pathogenicity, but in this case caused profound hypotension, jaundice and the shoc...

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Main Authors: Finnegan, O. C., Hawkey, P. M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1981
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2424857/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7036122
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