A case report of septic shock syndrome caused by S. pneumoniae in an immunocompromised patient despite of vaccination

A case report of septic shock syndrome caused by S. pneumoniae in an immunocompromised patient despite of vaccination

Abstract Background and case presentation We report a case of septic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a patient who had undergone splenectomy due to an autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS), which is characterized as a dysfunction of immunoregulation. Although the patien...

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Main Authors: Josef Singer, Christoph Testori, Peter Schellongowski, Ammon Handisurya, Catharina Müller, Eva-Maria Reitter, Wolfgang Graninger, Paul Knöbl, Thomas Staudinger, Stefan Winkler, Florian Thalhammer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Case report
Streptococcus pneumoniae Serovar 24F
Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS)
Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI)
Vaccination
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2481-y

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