title: Managing patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen. Guidelines should highlight risk of Salmonella infection in sickle cell disease.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Workman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Philpott-Howard
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bellingham
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications