Splenectomised Hodgkin lymphoma patients: does severe pneumococcal disease pose a problem today and what is the best long-term strategy?

Acta Oncol. 2023 Dec;62(12):1942-1944. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2023.2256468. Epub 2023 Sep 14.

Authors

Caroline E Weibull¹, Jan Sjöberg^{2

3}, Paul W Dickman⁴, Magnus Björkholm²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ NDA Group, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 37708099
DOI: 10.1080/0284186X.2023.2256468

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Hodgkin Disease* / complications
Humans
Pneumococcal Infections* / complications
Pneumococcal Infections* / prevention & control
Splenectomy