title: Postsplenectomy sepsis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000740:Anemia / Q000601:surgery; D000917:Antibody Formation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000601:surgery; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000601:surgery; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000502:physiology*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000601:surgery; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000601:surgery