TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumococcal septicaemia with Purpura fulminans in an 11-month-old child
AU - Meiners, Petra Mariëlle
AU - Leon-Villapalos, Jorge
AU - Dziewulski, Peter
N1 - Funding Information:
The presented work is framed under the Energy for Sustainability Initiative of the University of Coimbra and LAETA (Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics) Project Pest- E/EME/LA0022/201. The first author carried out the work in the framework of a PhD grant supported by a Mexican Government Foundation for Science and Technology, The National Council on Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) Reference (CVU/SICOB): 378480/218563, which she sincerely acknowledges.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - Purpura fulminans (PF) is a syndrome characterised by acute onset of rapidly progressive haemorrhagic necrosis of the skin due to dermal vascular thrombosis, mainly occurring during meningococcal sepsis. It occurs rarely in the course of infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and most cases report Meningococcus as the causing agent. This is a case report of successful conservative limb-preserving management of PF and sepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in an 11-month-old girl.
AB - Purpura fulminans (PF) is a syndrome characterised by acute onset of rapidly progressive haemorrhagic necrosis of the skin due to dermal vascular thrombosis, mainly occurring during meningococcal sepsis. It occurs rarely in the course of infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and most cases report Meningococcus as the causing agent. This is a case report of successful conservative limb-preserving management of PF and sepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in an 11-month-old girl.
KW - Pneumococcal septicaemia
KW - Purpura fulminans
KW - Surgical management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.12.029
DO - 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.12.029
M3 - Article
C2 - 17113523
AN - SCOPUS:33750950426
SN - 1748-6815
VL - 59
SP - 1377
EP - 1380
JO - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
JF - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
IS - 12
ER -