PURPURA FULMINANS: A RARE BUT FIERCE PRESENTATION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL SEPSIS
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.08.2015
Abstract: Infectious purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare presentation of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) due to diffuse intravascular thrombosis and haemorrhagic infarction of the skin. PF can present in infancy/childhood or adulthood and usually presents as… read more here.
Keywords: presentation; pneumococcal sepsis; purpura; fulminans rare ... See more keywords