Invasive group B streptococcal infection in a patient with post splenectomy for hypersplenism secondary to liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension

BACKGROUND: Splenectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) is expected to become more common owing to its efficacy on portal hemodynamics. In this report we describe an alarming case of group B streptococcus (GBS) infection after splenectomy in a patient with LC. METHODS: A 72-year-old woman with...

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Published in:World J Emerg Med
Main Authors: Okazaki, Tomoya, Hifumi, Toru, Manabe, Arisa, Matsumura, Hikari, Egawa, Satoshi, Hamaya, Hideyuki, Shinohara, Nastuyo, Takano, Koshiro, Shishido, Hajime, Abe, Yuko, Kawakita, Kenya, Hagiike, Masanobu, Kuroda, Yasuhiro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786504/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006743
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2016.01.013
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