Pneumococcal infection in patients with coeliac disease.
OBJECTIVES: Some patients with coeliac disease are hyposplenic. Splenectomy is a risk factor for pneumococcal infection. Our objective was to determine the risk of invasive pneumococcal disease - septicaemia, pneumonia or meningitis - in patients with coeliac disease. METHODS: We analysed routinely...
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Iaith: | English |
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2008
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