title: Reducing the risk of infection in a patient who will undergo splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petrescu
authors.forename: Wayne L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: Jerome A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Leis
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000379:methods*; D015994:Incidence; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*