title: [Status of current knowledge of the pathogenesis and prevention of postsplenectomy infection (OPSI or "overwhelming post-splenectomy infection"].
authors.affiliation: I. Medizinische Abteilung, Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Böhmer
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ostendorf
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D013156:Splenectomy
vernacular_title: Aktueller Wissensstand zur Pathogenese und Prophylaxe der Postsplenektomiesepsis (OPSI).