Asplenic Patient Disabled after Providers Overlooked Infection Risk

Published: March 25, 2014, 9:02 a.m.

b'Despite multiple visits to her PCP, a 30-year-old woman without a spleen was never given prophylactic antibiotics or told the risks of a high fever. A mishandled telephone triage delayed her trip to the ER, and the resulting pneumococcal sepsis led to permanent disabilities and a $1 million-plus settlement.'