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What type of meningitis are those with spleen disorders susceptible to?
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∙ 13y ago
Patients who have had their spleens removed, or whose spleens are no longer functional (as in the case of patients with sickle cell disease ) are more susceptible to other infections, including meningococcal and pneumococcal meningitis.
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