title: Fatal pneumococcal septicaemia in coeliac disease.
abstract: A case of overwhelming pneumococcal septicaemia in a 34 year old man with coeliac disease and hyposplenism is reported. This previously unrecorded complication was fatal despite prompt treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology