Surgical intervention for the complications of meningococcal-induced purpura fulminans
| Autor: | Charles M. Ginsburg, P. C. Hobar, R. Herrera |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Catastrophic illness medicine.medical_treatment Meningococcal disease Amputation Surgical Surgical Flaps hemic and lymphatic diseases medicine Humans Child Purpura Retrospective Studies Debridement business.industry Infant Sequela medicine.disease Surgery Meningococcal Infections Infectious Diseases El Niño Amputation Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Complication business Purpura fulminans |
| Zdroj: | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 13:734-737 |
| ISSN: | 0891-3668 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00006454-199408000-00011 |
| Popis: | Purpura fulminans is an infrequent but sometimes catastrophic illness that usually complicates a viral, rickettsial or bacterial infection. This communication presents a retrospective review of 152 patients with meningococcemia hospitalized at Children's Medical Center of Dallas from January, 1983, through December, 1993. Eighteen (11.9%) of the 152 patients developed purpura fulminans. Thirteen (72%) of the 18 patients with purpura fulminans needed one or more surgeries including skin grafts, local debridement, microvascular flaps or amputations. Five patients (28%) died. |
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