title: [Our experience with prevention of infection in patients post splenectomy.].
abstract: Splenectomy significantly impairs the immunity of the body; in a certain proportion of the patients this may cause the so-called OPSI (overwhelming post-splenectomy infection) syndrome, i. e. incidence of fulminant life-threatening infections. Even today, despite highly efficacious sophisticated antibiotics, this condition is burdened with very high mortality. In our paper we describe the management and preventive measures in splenectomized subjects at the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Teaching Hospital Brno.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Infectious Diseases Faculty Hospital Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gruntová
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janousek
authors.forename: Radana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parízková
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chalupa
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D013156:Splenectomy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents