[Asplenia: What are the risks after a splenectomy? What anti-infectious prophylactis proposes?]

Arch Pediatr. 2009 Jun;16(6):562-4. doi: 10.1016/S0929-693X(09)74067-9.

[Article in French]

Authors

C Picard¹, B Bader-Meunier

Affiliation

¹ Centre d'Etude des Déficits Immunitaires, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France. capucine.picard@nck.aphp.fr

PMID: 19541085
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(09)74067-9

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Bacterial Infections / prevention & control*
Child
Humans
Risk Factors
Splenectomy / adverse effects*