Postsplenectomy sepsis

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Age Factors
• Anemia / surgery
• Antibody Formation
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Humans
• Hypertension, Portal / surgery
• Infant
• Lymphatic Diseases / surgery
• Phagocytosis
• Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / surgery
• Sepsis / epidemiology
• Sepsis / etiology*
• Sepsis / microbiology
• Spherocytosis, Hereditary / surgery
• Spleen / abnormalities
• Spleen / physiology*
• Splenectomy / adverse effects*
• Splenic Rupture / surgery
• Thalassemia / surgery