title: Injury to the spleen.
authors.affiliation: Section of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Division of General Surgery, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Peitzman
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Harbrecht
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Potoka
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014611:Vaccination; D014945:Wound Healing; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*