title: Fatal pneumococcal meningitis in adults following splenectomy: two case reports and a review of the literature.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001791:Blood Platelet Disorders / Q000150:complications; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000209:etiology*; D051379:Mice; D008875:Middle Aged; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000150:complications