Fatal pneumococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 237-239

  Doherty, Steven ^a  

^a Tamworth Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pneumococcemia; Pneumococcus; Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CEFTRIAXONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYSTALLOID; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LASSITUDE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLEEN; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME;

EID: 0035156595     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2001.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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