title: Managing patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen. Uncertainty exists over frequency of blood tests to test antipneumococcal immunity.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Kassianos
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial