[A fatal overwhelming post-splenectomy infection for a patient without prophylaxis]

Presse Med. 2015 Sep;44(9):964-6. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2015.04.032. Epub 2015 Jun 4.

[Article in French]

Authors

Coline Muscat¹, Bernard Allaouchiche², Fabrice Thiollière², Arnaud Friggeri², Julien Bohé², Nicolas Mottard², Sophie Jenck², Vincent Piriou²

Affiliations

¹ Centre hospitalier Lyon-Sud, service de réanimation médicale, 69310 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Centre hospitalier Lyon-Sud, service de réanimation médicale, 69310 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France.

PMID: 26051451
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2015.04.032

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Pneumococcal Infections / drug therapy
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Splenectomy / adverse effects*
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / diagnosis*
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / drug therapy
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / etiology