TY - JOUR
T1 - The asplenic patient
T2 - A consideration for antimicrobial prophylaxis
AU - Terezhalmy, G. T.
AU - Hall, E. H.
PY - 1984/1
Y1 - 1984/1
N2 - Removal of the spleen predisposes the patient to the development of overwhelming sepsis without a primary site of infection. Transient, usually asymptomatic, bacteremias occur in a wide variety of dental manipulations, particularly those involving the mucous membranes. Occasionally these bacteremias can give rise to serious complications in susceptible patients. A prophylactic preoperative and postoperative antimicrobial regimen is presented for asplenic patients undergoing bacteremia-causing dental treatment.
AB - Removal of the spleen predisposes the patient to the development of overwhelming sepsis without a primary site of infection. Transient, usually asymptomatic, bacteremias occur in a wide variety of dental manipulations, particularly those involving the mucous membranes. Occasionally these bacteremias can give rise to serious complications in susceptible patients. A prophylactic preoperative and postoperative antimicrobial regimen is presented for asplenic patients undergoing bacteremia-causing dental treatment.
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U2 - 10.1016/0030-4220(84)90273-1
DO - 10.1016/0030-4220(84)90273-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 6229706
AN - SCOPUS:0021343075
VL - 57
SP - 114
EP - 117
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
SN - 2212-4403
IS - 1
ER -