title: Overwhelming infection after splenectomy: a challenge to preventive medicine.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013156:Splenectomy