Recurrent purpura fulminans associated with drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in an asplenic girl

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-81

  Pancharoen, Chitsanu ^a,b   Chatchatee, Pantipa ^a   Ngamphaiboon, Jarungchit ^a   Thisyakorn, Usa ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant; Asplenia; Purpura fulminans; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOPAMINE; INFUSION FLUID; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RECURRENCE; SPLEEN;

EID: 0036142922     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200201000-00022     Document Type: Article

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1. Purpura fulminans in pneumococcal sepsis: Case report and review
2. Purpura fulminans in pneumococcal sepsis
3. Streptococcal septicemia with meningococcal-like manifestation: A case report