Fatal Streptococcus pneumoniae Sepsis in a Patient With Celiac Disease-Associated Hyposplenism

We present a 59-year-old male with poorly controlled celiac disease (CD) and fatal Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis, describe the morphologic findings, and stress the need for monitoring splenic function and pneumococcal vaccination in these patients.

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Publicado no:ACG Case Rep J
Main Authors: Ouseph, Madhu M., Simons, Malorie, Treaba, Diana O., Yakirevich, Evgeny, Green, Peter H., Bhagat, Govind, Moss, Steven F., Mangray, Shamlal
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Case Report
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5064423/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761478
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.113
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