Literature DB >> 26130882

Asplenia and fever.

Mitchell L Huebner1, Kristin A Milota1.   

Abstract

A 45-year-old-man presented with the abrupt onset of a fever over 30 years after surgical splenectomy. He presented with symptoms and findings that seemed consistent with influenza. He rapidly developed fulminant meningitis that resulted in his death.

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Year:  2015        PMID： 26130882      PMCID： PMC4462215          DOI： 10.1080/08998280.2015.11929267

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)        ISSN： 0899-8280


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