title: [Appearance can be important].
authors.affiliation: Departement für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rüegg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schaffner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000382:microbiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013156:Splenectomy; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*