A 15-year-old girl presented with a two-day history of fever, confusion and rash. On examination, she had hypotension, stiffness of the neck and a purpuric rash covering her extremities (Figure 1A). A ...

Of the 12 known cases, only two patients have survived. Purpura fulminans is an acute illness commonly associated with meningococcemia or invasive streptococcal disease, and it is typically ...

Septic shock that is caused by meningococcemia is a well-recognized ... risk factor for symmetric peripheral gangrene or purpura fulminans. 22,30 Patients with septicemia-associated disseminated ...

It is unusual for adults to present with meningococcemia. It is a disease primarily affecting young children, and the use of the meningococcal vaccine has been associated with a marked decline in ...

Impairment of the protein C anticoagulation pathway is critical to the thrombosis associated with sepsis and to the development of purpura fulminans in meningococcemia. We studied the expression ...

The youngster was diagnosed with a rare disorder called purpura fulminans, which was brought on by a bout of chicken pox. Doctors said the antibodies released by her body to fight off chicken pox ...

Purpura fulminans is a disorder where your skin bleeds and dies rapidly (skin necrosis). The bleeding is caused by blood clots in the dermal layer (skin layer under the top layer or epidermis). The ...

We present a case of spontaneous orbital haemorrhage in a patient with purpura fulminans secondary to meningococcal septicaemia. A 14-year-old female presented to the paediatric unit with a 12-h ...

AMHERST -- University of Massachusetts fraternities are raising money to help a Zeta Beta Tau member who is one of two students diagnosed with bacterial meningitis ...