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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
After staging splenectomy, the risk of overwhelming sepsis in patients with Hodgkin's disease reaches 21% in certain subgroups. Youth, recent splenectomy and vigorous chemoradiotherapy predispose patients to this complication. Because of its explosive course and its known microbiology, post-splenectomy sepsis is better suited to prevention than to treatment. Since immunisation prior to treatment produces good antibody responses, all patients with Hodgkin's disease should probably be vaccinated against encapsulated bacteria at least 10 days prior to the onset of therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0009-9260
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
95-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection in Hodgkin's disease: pathogenesis and prevention.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article