Purpura fulminans in pneumococcal sepsis: Case report and review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 479-483

  Carpenter, Chace T ^a   Kaiser, Allen B ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MALE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030693990     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709011858     Document Type: Article

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