Current practice of asplenic patients' management as reported by specialists of Internal medicine and Surgery, as well as general practitioners.

Percentages indicate the number of physicians that answered with either ‘always’ or ‘frequently’ (in more than 50% of cases) when asked if they provided their asplenic patients with the recommended preventive measures.aP value calculated by Chi-square test, for 3 groups of physicians.bPneumovax ®: 23-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccination.