title: [Fulminant course of streptococcal-meningococcal infection--the OPSI syndrome (overwhelming postsplenectomy infection syndrome)].
abstract: On the basis of the foudroyant course of a streptococci-meningococci-sepsis in a 19-year-old splenectomized patient the importance of the spleen as an organ of important defence functions is described and the organ-preserving surgical treatment as prophylaxis of the OPSI-syndrome is demanded.
authors.affiliation: Medizinischen Klinik, Bezirkskrankenhauses Halle.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richwien
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gräfenstein
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ohlmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000473:pathology*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Foudroyanter Verlauf einer Streptokokken-Meningokokken-Sepsis--das OPSI-Syndrom.