Carrillo-Esper R, Rosales-Gutiérrez AO, Bataz-Pita BY, Peralta-Aguilar JF, Flores-Escudero OA, Jiménez-Alba A

Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 188-189
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ABSTRACT

The overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI), is a condition characterized by the development of severe sepsis and septic shock in post-splenectomized patients or in patients with asplenia or hyposplenism. We report the case of a patient with liver transplantation and splenectomy that developed fulminant sepsis secondary to OPSI. In this paper we correlate this pathology with the findings of the peripheral blood smear.

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