[Fulminant course of streptococcal-meningococcal infection--the OPSI syndrome (overwhelming postsplenectomy infection syndrome)].
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.
Richwien
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R
Medizinischen Klinik, Bezirkskrankenhauses Halle.
Gräfenstein
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K
Ohlmann
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L
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*
Foudroyanter Verlauf einer Streptokokken-Meningokokken-Sepsis--das OPSI-Syndrom.