Case report: fulminant pneumococcal sepsis in an unvaccinated asplenic patient in Italy

M Chironna; A Sallustio; A De Robertis; M Quarto; C Germinario

Case report: fulminant pneumococcal sepsis in an unvaccinated asplenic patient in Italy

Euro Surveill. 2010 Jun 10;15(23):19585.

Authors

M Chironna¹, A Sallustio, A De Robertis, M Quarto, C Germinario

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Hygiene Section, University of Bari, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 20546695

Abstract

We report a fatal case of overwhelming pneumococcal infection in an asplenic young adult not vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Italy
Pneumococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Pneumococcal Infections / etiology
Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology
Pneumococcal Vaccines*
Sepsis / diagnosis*
Sepsis / etiology
Sepsis / microbiology
Spleen / microbiology
Spleen / surgery*
Splenectomy* / adverse effects
Streptococcus pneumoniae*

Substances

Pneumococcal Vaccines