Purpura fulminans due to Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia in an unsplectomised immunocompetent adult without primary hypocomplementaemia

Invasive pneumococcal disease occurs in high-risk patient population which includes patients with asplenia and primary hypocomplementaemia. Pneumococcal sepsis can rarely cause disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and intravascular thrombosis of small and medium sized vessels called purpura...

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Autores principales: Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Swaminathan, Ahmed, Mohammad, Hericks, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
Materias:
Case Reports: Rare disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9121414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35589268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-249514

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9121414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35589268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-249514

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