Invasive group B streptococcal infection in a patient with post splenectomy for hypersplenism secondary to liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension

BACKGROUND:Splenectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis(LC)is expected to become more common owing to its efficacy on portal hemodynamics.In this report we describe an alarming case of group B streptococcus(GBS)infection after splenectomy in a patient with LC.METHODS:A 72-year-old woman with a histo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World journal of emergency medicine 2016, Vol.7 (1), p.68-70
Hauptverfasser:	Okazaki, Tomoya, Hifumi, Toru, Manabe, Arisa, Matsumura, Hikari, Egawa, Satoshi, Hamaya, Hideyuki, Shinohara, Nastuyo, Takano, Koshiro, Shishido, Hajime, Abe, Yuko, Kawakita, Kenya, Hagiike, Masanobu, Kuroda, Yasuhiro
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antibiotics Case Report cirrhosis Disease prevention Group Hypertension infection Splenectomy Liver Laparoscopy Liver cirrhosis Mortality Patients Physicians Respiratory failure Risk factors Sepsis streptococcal Streptococcus infections Vaccines
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