Purpura fulminans secondary to respiratory infection;Purpura fulminans nach respiratorischem infekt

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-138

  Jakob, Antje ^a   Alexandrakis, Elias ^b   Rompel, Rainer ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy; Infection; Protein C; Skin necrosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PURPURA FULMINANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 59249091287     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2008.06871.x     Document Type: Article

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