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Risk of invasive pneumococcal disease in patients with asplenia/hyposplenism: A nationwide population-based study in Korea, 2009–2018 [PDF]
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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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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Anatomical Asplenia in Cat Eye Syndrome: An Expansion of the Disease Spectrum [PDF]
Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2013 We report a patient with Cat eye syndrome (CES) associated with anatomical asplenia. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no prior reports of this association.
DeepakBabu Chellapandian +1 more
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Ultrastructural and morphometric analysis of enlarged platelets in congenital isolated asplenia [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2019 Introduction. Congenital asplenia is an extremely rare condition that can be separate entity due to a specific defect of spleen development or may occur in the context of a malformation syndrome.
Marković Olivera +8 more
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AntibioticsAnatomical or functional asplenia constitutes a risk factor for Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) infection, being more frequent in children and the elderly and in people with multiple comorbidities.
Enrique Gea-Izquierdo +4 more
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BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Pneumococcal pneumonia (PP) is a serious infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations.
Enrique Gea-Izquierdo +4 more
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Unusual Variation of Asplenia Syndrome.
Japanese Heart Journal, 1991 The case of a 1-year-old cyanotic boy diagnosed with asplenia syndrome has been reported. By physical and laboratory examinations, levocardia, atrial inversion, primum ASD, single atrioventricular valve, single ventricle (left-hand morphology), rudimentary right ventricle (anterior, left-sided), pulmonary stenosis, left-sided vena cava, single vena ...
GUCUYENER, K +4 more
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Isolated Congenital Asplenia in an Asymptomatic Patient: A Very Rare Diagnosis [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020 Isolated congenital asplenia is a rare condition that mostly manifests in the early years, usually due to fatal systemic infections. In this paper, however, we present a case of a 36-year-old asymptomatic patient who was referred for suspected ...
Sofia Dinis Ferreira +5 more
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Functional Asplenia and Microscopic (Collagenous) Colitis
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1996 A 54-year-old female presented with a pulmonary infection that resolved completely with antibiotic treatment. Peripheral blood films showed features characteristic of splenic hypofunction, and radiolabelling studies confirmed an absence of splenic ...
Hugh James Freeman
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Sri Lanka Journal of MedicineAcute gastric volvulus in asplenia syndrome is a very rare presentation and only a few cases have been published in the literature. A 10-month-old baby girl with a history of complex congenital cyanotic heart disease presented with a history of repeated ...
M. C. Wettasinghe +2 more
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