Fulminant sepsis/meningitis due to haemophilus influenzae in a protein C-deficient heterozygote treated with activated protein C therapy

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 673-677

  Ishimura, Masataka ^a   Saito, Mitsumasa ^a   Ohga, Shouichi ^a   Hoshina, Takayuki ^a   Baba, Haruhisa ^a   Urata, Michiyo ^b   Kira, Ryutaro ^a   Takada, Hidetoshi ^a   Kusuhara, Koichi ^a   Kang, Dongchon ^b   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated protein C therapy; Heterozygous protein C deficiency; Purpura fulminans; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; PROTEIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FULMINATING PURPURA; GENE MUTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PURPURA FULMINANS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349221334     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0816-9     Document Type: Article

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