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Post-Varicella Purpura Fulminans With Extensive Skin Necrosis in a Child. [PDF]

EJHaem
eJHaem, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.
Correia Pires M, Costa E Castro A, Marujo F, Valsassina R, Patena Forte J, de Pais de Faria J.   +5 more
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Post-Viral Acquired Idiopathic Purpura Fulminans Caused by Anti-Protein S Antibodies. [PDF]

Acta Paediatr
ABSTRACT Acquired Idiopathic purpura fulminans is a rare pathology caused by anti‐protein S antibodies. We have conducted a literature review focusing on the most recent developments in diagnosis and management. Diagnosis is based on the demonstration of typical necrotic purpura lesions on the legs. Treatment must be initiated without delay by infusion
Theron A, Biron-Andreani C, Jeziorski E.
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Purpura Fulminans and Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Premature Infant. [PDF]

Case Rep Infect Dis
Purpura fulminans (PF) is an ominous, rapidly progressive cutaneous manifestation of intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarctions typically mediated by coagulopathy or bacterial infection. Neonatal PF is a rarely reported but potentially disabling disorder associated with a high mortality rate and severe long‐term morbidity in survivors.
Puvabanditsin S, Sandouk A, Lee I, Shah M, Halari A, Park SY, Mehta R.   +6 more
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Case report: Blotchy skin in a puffy neonate: is there a new association?

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
IntroductionPurpura fulminans in the neonatal population is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition complicated by thrombosis, resultant vital organ necrosis, and gangrene of the extremities.
Chacko J. Joseph, Chacko J. Joseph, Arijit Lodha, Soumya R. Thomas, Soumya R. Thomas, Essa Al Awad, Essa Al Awad, Nicola A. M. Wright, Nicola A. M. Wright, Cora Constantinescu, Cora Constantinescu, Doan Le, Doan Le, Majeeda Kamaluddeen, Majeeda Kamaluddeen   +14 more
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Purpura Fulminansın Nedeni Lamotrijin mi?: Olgu Sunumu

Sakarya Tıp Dergisi, 2021
Purpura fulminans çoğunlukla enfeksiyonlara sekonder ortaya çıkan ve mortalitenin yüksek olduğu bir sendromdur. Yaygın damar içi pıhtılaşmayla doku ve organ nekrozuna neden olabilmektedir.
Büşra Solak, Revza Tosunoğlu, Fatma Şimşek   +2 more
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A Rare Cause of a Rare Disorder: E. coli-Induced Purpura Fulminans Secondary to Urinary Tract Infection

Case Reports in Critical Care, 2022
Purpura fulminans is a devastating thrombotic disorder infrequently encountered in medical practice and amongst the medical literature. It is a hematologic emergency in which prompt recognition and initiation of treatment are critical to mitigate its ...
Jacob Lowry, Edva Noel
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Pneumococcal purpura fulminans in asplenic or hyposplenic patients: a French multicenter exposed-unexposed retrospective cohort study

Critical Care, 2020
Background Pneumococcal infections remain the main cause of overwhelming post-splenectomy infections, and purpura fulminans may develop in almost 20% of patients with overwhelming post-splenectomy infection.
Damien Contou, Rémi Coudroy, Gwenhaël Colin, Jean-Marc Tadié, Martin Cour, Romain Sonneville, Armand Mekontso Dessap, Nicolas de Prost, for the HOPEFUL Study Group   +8 more
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Purpura Fulminans in a 20-Year-Old Female

Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2021
A previously healthy 20-year-old female presented with extensive retiform purpura located at the face, upper and lower limbs, one week after an episode of acute tonsillitis.
Francisca Alves, Maria Manuel Brites, Inês Coutinho   +2 more
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Uncommon Location of Purpura Fulminans: Case Report and Literature Review

Case Reports in Dermatology, 2020
Purpura fulminans is a critical, mostly fatal, thrombotic syndrome that requires urgent intervention. Purpura fulminans is an acute purpuric rash characterized by coagulation of the microvasculature, which leads to purpuric lesions and skin necrosis.
Sahar Hasan Alsharif, Abdullah Al-Omair, Fedaa Andijani   +2 more
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Streptococcus pyogenes-purpura fulminans as an invasive form of group A streptococcal infection

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2018
Background Streptococcus pyogenes is an uncommon pathogen of purpura fulminans, and the pathogenesis of S. pyogenes-purpura fulminans remains unclear because of paucity of cases. We reported a pediatric case of S.
Sayaka Okuzono, Masataka Ishimura, Shunsuke Kanno, Motoshi Sonoda, Noriyuki Kaku, Yoshitomo Motomura, Hisanori Nishio, Utako Oba, Masuo Hanada, Jun-ichi Fukushi, Michiyo Urata, Dongchon Kang, Hidetoshi Takada, Shouichi Ohga   +13 more
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