Overwhelming Postsplenectomy Infection: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study | Zendy

Christian Theilacker | Zendy; Katrin Ludewig | Zendy; Annerose Serr | Zendy; Julia Schimpf | Zendy; Jürgen Held | Zendy; Martin Bögelein | Zendy; Viola Bahr | Zendy; Stephan Rusch | Zendy; Annette Pohl | Zendy; Klaus Kogelmann | Zendy; Sigrun Frieseke | Zendy; Ralph Bogdanski | Zendy; Frank M. Brunkhorst | Zendy; Winfried V. Kern | Zendy

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Overwhelming Postsplenectomy Infection: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Christian Theilacker,

Katrin Ludewig,

Annerose Serr,

Julia Schimpf,

Jürgen Held,

Martin Bögelein,

Viola Bahr,

Stephan Rusch,

Annette Pohl,

Klaus Kogelmann,

Sigrun Frieseke,

Ralph Bogdanski,

Frank M. Brunkhorst,

Winfried V. Kern

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ1195

Subject(s) - medicine , asplenia , sepsis , splenectomy , streptococcus pneumoniae , septic shock , prospective cohort study , population , confidence interval , cohort , spleen , antibiotics , environmental health , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Recent population-based cohort studies have questioned the role of pneumococci as the most frequent pathogen causing severe infection in patients after splenectomy. The aim of the study was to define the causative pathogens and clinical presentation of patients with overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI).

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