title: Managing patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen. Is there evidence to show that daily antibiotic treatment is best?
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kinnersley
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications