Purpura Fulminans: a Rare but Fierce Presentation of Pneumococcal Sepsis

Purpura Fulminans: a Rare but Fierce Presentation of Pneumococcal Sepsis

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 ecchymotic skin lesions, fever and hypot...

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Main Authors: Adeel Nasrullah, Anam Javed, Usman Tariq, Meilin Young, Zunera Moeen, Marvin Balaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2019-12-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
purpura fulminans
sepsis
hyperbaric oxygen therapy
streptococcus pneumoniae
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1373

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