Recurrent Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis in children with sickle cell disease.
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Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis is the most common invasive infection among patients with sickle cell disease. The risk of a recurrent episode of sepsis and subsequent death in those patients who have had a previous septic event is much higher. Patients with sickle disease who have had pneumococcal sepsis should continue penicillin prophylaxis indefinitely and should not be candidates for out-patient management of febrile episodes.
Medical subject headings
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Penicillins
- Pneumococcal Infections
- Sepsis