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Purpura fulminans (PF) is a rapidly fatal disorder predominantly encountered in patients with an acquired deficiency of physiologic anticoagulants due to severe sepsis and septic shock with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
Maria del Mar Morales Hernandez +4 more
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Edema agudo hemorrágico da infância: relato de caso e comparação com meningococcemia [PDF]
This paper aims at reporting the case of a 1 year and 8 months old child who was in a bad general state, and was admitted at the emergency room while going through hypovolemic shock, with acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI) or its variant: Henoch -
Caixeta, Mariana Figueiredo +3 more
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Purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare, potentially fatal complication of disseminated intravascular coagulation that is commonly associated with severe bacterial infections such as those caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis.
Michael C. Kim, Jaimin R. Patel
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Successful Treatment of Severe Purpura Fulminans With Anakinra
ABSTRACT Purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare, often fatal pediatric condition characterized by intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin. A timely diagnosis and treatment are paramount to prevent the involvement of internal organs, causing disseminated intravascular coagulation and gangrene of the extremities.
Francesco Zulian +4 more
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Low-frequency inherited complement receptor variants are associated with purpura fulminans.
Extreme disease phenotypes can provide key insights into the pathophysiology of common conditions, but studying these patients is challenging due to their rarity and the limited statistical power of existing methods.
Bendapudi PK +27 more
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Purpura fulminans is a serious condition that can result in severe morbidity in the pediatric population. Although autologous skin grafts remain the gold standard for the coverage of partial- to full-thickness wounds, they have several limitations in ...
Benjamin Kah Liang Goh +6 more
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Postinfectious purpura fulminans: A case report.
Acquired postinfectious purpura fulminans is a rare, acute, and severe disease characterized by skin necrosis associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in the absence of active infection or previous coagulation disorders.
Romina F Pombar +4 more
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Several regulatory initiatives have been made to clarify the acceptability and requirements of real‐world data and real‐world evidence (RWD/E) for the benefit/risk assessment of new medical products in Japan. The objectives of this review were to characterize the use of RWD/E in regulatory applications of new medical products and to describe the ...
Suguru Okami +2 more
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Invasive Meningococcal Disease in a Patient With Complement 7 Deficiency
ABSTRACT Neisseria meningitidis can cause invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). Individuals with primary complement deficiencies are at a higher risk of developing IMD. However, cases of IMD associated with complement deficiency have rarely been reported in Japan.
Hiroaki Nishioka +2 more
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We repon a case of a 65 year-old woman with Purpura fulminans secondary to Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation associated to urinary sepsis. We review the associated literature.Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 65 años con Púrpura fulminante ...
Núñez R., Rodrigo +2 more
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