Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome and bilateral renal cortical necrosis in meningococcal sepsis

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 396-400

  Agraharkar, Mahendra ^a   Fahlen, Mark ^a   Siddiqui, Mohammad ^b   Rajaraman, Srinivasan ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal hemorrhage; Fulminant meningococcemia; Meningococcal sepsis; Plasmapheresis; Renal cortical necrosis; Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE); Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANURIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX NECROSIS; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034255830     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2000.8994     Document Type: Article

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