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Unusual presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced septic shock 36 years after splenectomy

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University—Campus Grosshadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    P. Scheiermann, I. Rösch, F. Janner & F. Weis

  2. Department of Pathology, Academic Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen, Englschalkinger Str. 77, 81925, Munich, Germany

    A. G. Nerlich

  3. Department of Surgery, Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University—Campus Grosshadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    R. Huf

  4. Institute of Legal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Nussbaumstr. 26, 80336, Munich, Germany

    S. N. Kunz & O. Peschel

  5. HDM Luftrettung GmbH, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service—Munich, Marchioninistrasse, 81366, Munich, Germany

    F. Janner

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Scheiermann, P., Rösch, I., Nerlich, A.G. et al. Unusual presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced septic shock 36 years after splenectomy. Infection 39, 283–285 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0097-5

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