Article Text
CASE REPORT
Secondary asplenia as a complication of severe Meningococcal Sepsis
Summary
We report the case of an 11-month-old infant who had a medical history of meningococcal septicaemia 6 months prior to this admission and presented to hospital with an episode of fever due to Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia. During this second admission, an abdominal ultrasound scan revealed secondary asplenia.
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Footnotes
Contributors LC-C designed and organized the report and wrote the conclusions. LB-C wrote the discussion and chose the US images. MJM-S wrote the clinical case. MIG-T reviewed the report.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.