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- Title
Overwhelming infection in asplenic patients: current best practice preventive measures are not being followed.
- Authors
Waghorn, D J
- Abstract
Patients without spleens are at increased risk of overwhelming infection. Recently, greater efforts, including the publication of national guidelines, have been made to improve the management of asplenic individuals. In theory, risks of serious sepsis can be reduced by good advice, immunisation, and antibiotic prophylaxis. In practice, such preventive measures might not be followed or may fail. A study of recent cases of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI) was undertaken to examine specific associated factors and to determine whether currently recommended preventive measures are being followed.
- Publication
Journal of clinical pathology, 2001, Vol 54, Issue 3, p214
- ISSN
0021-9746
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jcp.54.3.214