Fulminant pneumococcal septicaemia in an adult following splenectomy: case report
Cairns, F.J.; Say, P.J.
New Zealand Medical Journal 89(629): 85-86
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446 PMID: 286214 Document Number: 149711
A case is reported of fulminant pneumococcal septicaemia occurring in a 22-year-old male six years after surgical removal of the spleen.
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