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Low-frequency inherited complement receptor variants are associated with purpura fulminans.

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Bendapudi PK   +27 more
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PURPURA FULMINANS

Pediatrics, 1964
A case of purpura fulminans following varicella was shown to be a defibrinating syndrome and was treated successfully with fibrinogen alone. The similarities between the Shwartzman phenomenon and purpura fulminans are discussed and are shown to support the hypothesis that purpura fulminans is primarily an immunological disease, similar to the ...
exaly   +3 more sources

[Purpura fulminans].

open access: yesUgeskrift for laeger, 2010
Varicella-associated purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare complication to varicella infection. The condition is due to autoantibodies directed against protein S which forms part of the anticoagulation system. Lack of protein S leads to disseminated intravascular coagulation in the small vessels, which causes thrombosis and ischemia. Despite early treatment,
Karina, Jordan, Kim, Kristensen
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Pathogenesis of meningococcal purpura fulminans

open access: yesPathogens and Disease, 2017
International audienceA comprehensive review about coagulation dysregulation during meningoccemia and the pathogenesis of purpura ...
Mathieu Coureuil   +2 more
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Assessment of the Interplay between Blood and Skin Vascular Abnormalities in Adult Purpura Fulminans [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2013
RATIONALE: Purpura fulminans in adults is a rare but devastating disease. Its pathophysiology is not well known. OBJECTIVES: To understand the pathophysiology of skin lesions in purpura fulminans, the interplay between circulating blood and vascular ...
Guillaume Dumenil   +2 more
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Purpura Fulminans

Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1988
The purpose of this article is to call attention to an unusual syndrome that may lead to a major loss of soft tissue, limb, and life. The application of principles learned from trauma and burn care may substantially reduce the morbidity and mortality, which in the past have been associated with purpura fulminans.
M B, Seagle, H G, Bingham
openaire   +3 more sources

Purpura fulminans

The American Journal of Medicine, 1976
Purpura fulminans is a rare disease characterized by cutaneous ecchymosis, hypotension and fever associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation. It usually follows a preparatory infectious illness. A case in a 55 year old woman challenges the concept that this disease is limited to childhood.
T E, Spicer, J M, Rau
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Purpura fulminans

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1987
Seven children with purpura fulminans are reported. All were very sick and had extensive purpuric and ecchymotic skin lesions. Five of them had septicemia, one had meningitis and one had viral respiratory tract infection. The bacteria cultured were Staphylococcus aureus (1), Hemophilus influenzae (1), Pseudomonas aeroginosa (1), Klebsiella pneumoniae ...
L, Kumar   +3 more
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Purpura fulminans

The Journal of Hand Surgery, 1990
Purpura fulminans is a rare disease that typically begins as a benign infectious process and subsequently progresses to severe sepsis, hypotension, purpura ecchymosis, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. We present an unusual case of an adult who was seen initially with pneumococcal sepsis that subsequently developed into purpura fulminans with
R M, Singer, J E, Gorosh
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