Spleen registry may help reduce the incidence of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection in Victoria

Med J Aust. 2010 Jan 4;192(1):49-50. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03404.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Penicillin G / therapeutic use
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Registries*
  • Splenectomy / adverse effects*
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / prevention & control*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Time Factors
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use
  • Victoria / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Vancomycin
  • Ceftriaxone
  • Dexamethasone
  • Penicillin G