A Single-Center Prospective Cohort Study on Postsplenectomy Sepsis and its Prevention.

Siegbert RiegLena BechetKai NaujoksJulia HromekBerit LangeMarc-Fabian Juzek-KüpperKatarina SteteMatthias C MüllerInsa JostWinfried V KernChristian Theilacker

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)

With dedicated outpatient care, high uptake of pneumococcal vaccination postsplenectomy was achieved. Sepsis episodes were largely of nonpneumococcal etiology in patients who had received dedicated postsplenectomy care.

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