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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

From: Prevention of infection in asplenic adult patients by general practitioners in France between 2013 and 2016

 

Number of patients

Gender

 Male

52

 Female

51

Age, years

 Median (range)

57 (20–84)

 Mean

55

Cause of splenectomy

 Trauma and iatrogenesis

31

 Malignancy

28

 Autoimmune cytopeniaa

23

 Other

21

Follow-up time, years

  < 2

25

 2–3

23

 3–4

34

  > 4

21

 Mean

3.5

  1. aAutoimmune cytopenias were idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA)
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