Purpura Fulminans in Acute Meningococcemia
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DOI: 10.1007/s11606-017-4017-y
Abstract: A 22-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of fever, vomiting and headache. She denied sore throat, cough, dyspnea or burning urination. On examination, her temperature was 100.5°F, her blood pressure was 95/50 mmHg and… read more here.
Keywords: fulminans acute; acute meningococcemia; purpura fulminans; medicine ... See more keywords
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
Acute infectious purpura fulminans with Enterobacter aerogenes post-neurosurgery
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00514
Abstract: Acute infectious purpura fulminans (AIPF) is a rare, life-threatening disease commonly caused by Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Gram-negative rods are rarely involved. We described a case of AIPF associated with Enterobacter bacteremia in a… read more here.
Keywords: fulminans enterobacter; infectious purpura; purpura; purpura fulminans ... See more keywords
An Atypical Case of Idiopathic Purpura Fulminans
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DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000002497
Abstract: Idiopathic purpura fulminans (PF) is rare but has been reported in pediatric patients, commonly following infections. We present a case of a 5-year-old boy, heterozygous for factor V Leiden, with no history of recent infections,… read more here.
Keywords: purpura fulminans; idiopathic purpura; case; case idiopathic ... See more keywords
Purpura fulminans from acquired protein C deficiency in the era of COVID‐19: a case report
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DOI: 10.1111/ijd.16643
Abstract: We present a 30-year-old female with a history of adult acute myeloid leukemia status post stem cell transplant in 2018 com-plicated by mucositis and skin graft-versus-host disease on immunosuppressants who initially presented to an outside… read more here.
Keywords: acquired protein; fulminans acquired; deficiency era; protein deficiency ... See more keywords
Factors leading to neonatal mortality due to neonatal purpura fulminans through the lens of a child death review
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237281
Abstract: A case of neonatal death due to neonatal purpura fulminans (NPF) was brought to community physicians’ notice by the auxiliary nurse midwife in her catchment area as part of the routine demographic health surveillance. The… read more here.
Keywords: due neonatal; death; neonatal purpura; death review ... See more keywords
Mowat-Wilson Syndrome Presenting With Purpura Fulminans
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-0922
Abstract: We describe a case of purpura fulminans due to MWS with asplenia, and we propose screening and prophylaxis to prevent invasive pneumococcal infection. Purpura fulminans is a rapidly progressive syndrome of intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic… read more here.
Keywords: mowat wilson; syndrome presenting; purpura; wilson syndrome ... See more keywords
Indian Tick Typhus Presenting as Purpura Fulminans with Review on Rickettsial Infections
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.198030
Abstract: Rickettsial diseases are some of the most covert reemerging infections of the present times. They are generally incapacitating and notoriously difficult to diagnose; untreated cases can have fatality rates as high as 30%–35%, but when… read more here.
Keywords: fulminans review; typhus presenting; presenting purpura; indian tick ... See more keywords