[Splenic abscess. Clinical aspects and therapy]

During a period of five years seven patients suffering from splenic abscess have been treated successfully. It is anticipated that due to computerized tomography this location of an abscess is now detected more frequently. As we have seen in our patients splenic abscess occurred mostly in cases of salmonella infection or endocarditis. Therapy includes splenectomy and antibiotic treatment. We have been able to differentiate preoperatively the organisms which caused infection and splenic abscess.