SEVERE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE AND TEMPORARY SPLENIC DYSFUNCTION

Authors
PELLY MDE HUO Z HENDERSON DC SONI N
Citation
Mde. Pelly et al., SEVERE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE AND TEMPORARY SPLENIC DYSFUNCTION, Postgraduate medical journal, 73(857), 1997, pp. 173-174
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
73
Issue
857
Year of publication
1997
Pages
173 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1997)73:857<173:SPDATS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We report a patient presenting with pneumonia in whom temporary spleni c dysfunction was diagnosed by counting pitted red blood cells. This u nder-recognised condition caused a transient immunosuppression which m ay have had serious implications for our patient's recovery.