Sapuri M, Hudson C, Richens J
Kainantu Hospital, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
P N G Med J. 1990 Jun;33(2):155-7.
A fatal case of overwhelming post-splenectomy sepsis (OPSS) occurring 5 years after splenectomy for trauma in a Papua New Guinean highlander is presented. The diagnosis of pneumococcal infection was made from a peripheral blood smear. The finding of OPSS in Papua New Guinea is cited as additional evidence in favour of a policy of conservative management, where possible, of ruptured spleen.
