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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021 Patients with asplenia are at high risks of severe infections caused by encapsulated bacteria, particularly Streptococcus pneumoniae. Thirteen-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) are ...
Kenichi Takeshita +7 more
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A Rare Presentation of Babesia-Associated Splenic Infarction in an Immunocompetent Young Male With Mild Parasitemia. [PDF]
Case Rep MedBabesiosis is a vector‐borne protozoal disease primarily transmitted by the Ixodes scapularis tick, though it can also be transmitted through blood transfusions from infected donors. The illness can be asymptomatic or present with mild flu‐like symptoms.
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Objectives: We aimed to determine the incidence and relative risk (RR) of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in patients with asplenia/hyposplenism, using a nationwide population-based database.
Ji-Man Kang +5 more
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Histoplasmosis and asplenia [PDF]
Thorax, 2010 A 42-year-old asplenic woman was evaluated for a 2-week history of intermittent high-grade fevers and pleuritic chest pain and skin rash (figure 1). A CT scan of the chest showed multiple small nodules on both lungs (figure 2). Fungal serological studies were negative. A skin biopsy revealed palisading dermal granulomatous …
Harris V K, Naina +2 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 The spleen plays a dual role of immune response and the filtration of red blood cells (RBC), the latter function being performed within the unique microcirculatory architecture of the red pulp.
Lucie Dumas +7 more
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Atrioventricular canal defect and genetic syndromes: the unifying role of sonic hedgehog [PDF]
, 2019 The atrioventricular canal defect (AVCD) is a congenital heart defect (CHD) frequently associated with extracardiac anomalies (75%). Previous observations from a personal series of patients with AVCD and "polydactyly syndromes" showed that the distinct ...
Baban, A +9 more
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Fetal heterotaxy with tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia, and isomerism of the right atrial appendages at 22 weeks. [PDF]
, 2013 We report the accurate prenatal diagnosis at 22 weeks gestation of right atrial isomerism in association with tricuspid atresia. Several distinctive sonographic features of isomerism of the right atrial appendages were present in this fetus: complex ...
Richardson, Randy R +3 more
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Rheumatology & Autoimmunity, 2023 Background Asplenia vaccination is employed before ABO‐incompatible (ABOi) transplantation in case splenectomy is needed. Pneumococcal vaccines have been reported, in different patient groups, to increase anti‐A/B titers, through cross‐reactivity to ...
Elisa Bongetti +2 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Splenectomy or congenital asplenia in humans increases susceptibility to infections. We have previously reported that congenital asplenia in zebrafish reduces resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila infection.
Lang Xie +8 more
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, 2014 Asplenia and splenic hypoplasia refer to the complete or partial lack of splenic tissue. Congenital asplenia is a rare life-threatening condition, often presenting with pneumococcal sepsis. It may arise as part of situs abnormalities, or result from an unrelated specific defect of spleen development.
Aditya Shetty +2 more
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