Purpura fulminans localising to a recent burn injury

Burns

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 680-682

  Wharton, S M ^a   Reid, C A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn; Purpura fulminans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BURNS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NECK INJURIES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032214869     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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