Fatal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome due to Ewingella americana infection

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-44

  Tsokos, Michael ^a  

^a Institute of Legal Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage; Ewingella americana infection; Procalcitonin; Sudden death; Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; EWINGELLA AMERICANA; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; SEPSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; CALCITONIN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SPLEEN; WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME;

EID: 0037372829     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200303000-00008     Document Type: Article

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