title: Postsplenectomy pneumococcal septicaemia resulting in gangrene of the extremities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fogarty
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colville
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005121:Extremities / Q000473:pathology*; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*