Risk of invasive pneumococcal disease in patients with asplenia/hyposplenism: A nationwide population-based study in Korea, 2009–2018
Objectives: We aimed to determine the incidence and relative risk (RR) of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in patients with asplenia/hyposplenism, using a nationwide population-based database. Methods: From 2009 to 2018, all claimed cases of newly diagnosed asplenia/hyposplenism in the National H...
Main Authors: | Ji-Man Kang, Eun Hwa Kim, Kyong Ihn, Inkyung Jung, Minkyung Han, Jong Gyun Ahn |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
2020-09-01
|
Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220305567 |
Similar Items
-
Sporadic isolated congenital asplenia with fulminant pneumococcal meningitis: a case report and updated literature review
by: Shigeo Iijima
Published: (2017-12-01) -
Corrigendum to “Risk of invasive pneumococcal disease in patients with asplenia/hyposplenism: A nationwide population-based study in Korea, 2009–2018” [Int. J. Infect. Dis. 98 September (2020) 486-493]
by: Ji-Man Kang, et al.
Published: (2020-10-01) -
Pneumococcal purpura fulminans in asplenic or hyposplenic patients: a French multicenter exposed-unexposed retrospective cohort study
by: Damien Contou, et al.
Published: (2020-02-01) -
Prevention of post-splenectomy sepsis in patients with asplenia - a study protocol of a controlled trial
by: Marianne Bayrhuber, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01) -
Pneumococcal serotype-specific IgG and opsonophagocytic activity in young Japanese patients with asplenia
by: Kenichi Takeshita, et al.
Published: (2021-10-01)