Care of the Asplenic Patient

Publication Date

2014

Journal Title

N Engl J Med

Abstract

A 23-year-old man sustained abdominal trauma in a motorcycle accident that required a surgical splenectomy. He received the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) after surgery. Six months after his surgery, he calls his primary care provider because he has fever. What is the appropriate management? Are other prophylactic measures available and indicated?

Volume Number

371

Issue Number

4

Pages

349-356

Document Type

Article

Status

Faculty

Facility

School of Medicine

Primary Department

General Pediatrics

PMID

25054718

DOI

10.1056/NEJMcp1314291

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