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 +8 more
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A Rare Cause of a Rare Disorder: E. coli-Induced Purpura Fulminans Secondary to Urinary Tract Infection [PDF]
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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A Case of Infectious Purpura Fulminans: An Unusual Organism and Method of Diagnosis [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2014 Infectious purpura fulminans is a rapidly progressive skin necrosis that carries a mortality rate of 30%. Here, we described a case of infectious purpura fulminans caused by Capnocytophaga diagnosed by a blood film.
Pei Chia Eng +2 more
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Acute infectious purpura fulminans with Enterobacter aerogenes post-neurosurgery
IDCases, 2019 Acute infectious purpura fulminans (AIPF) is a rare, life-threatening disease commonly caused by Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Gram-negative rods are rarely involved.
Shinya Yamamoto, Ryoji Ito
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Purpura fulminans as the presenting manifestation in a patient with juvenile SLE [PDF]
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2009 We present a 12-year-old girl with systemic lupus erythematosus and associated antiphospholipid syndrome who developed an unusual manifestation of purpura fulminans in an accelerated fashion.
Erkan Demirkaya +5 more
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Meningococcal purpura fulminans in children. II: Late orthopedic sequelae management
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2010 Background Purpura fulminans is a rare and extremely severe infection, mostly due to Neisseria meningitidis . Nineteen patients were followed up immediately after the initial multivisceral failure in order to diagnose late-onset orthopedic sequelae.
E. Nectoux +5 more
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Post-Varicella Purpura Fulminans With Extensive Skin Necrosis in a Child. [PDF]
EJHaemeJHaem, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.
Correia Pires M +5 more
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Clinically Suspected Invasive Meningococcal Disease Presenting With Purpura Fulminans-Like Rash, Septic Shock, Multiorgan Dysfunction, and Recovery From ARDS in a Previously Healthy Child. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Clinically suspected invasive meningococcal disease can deteriorate rapidly in previously well children. Prompt recognition of the petechial–purpuric rash with shock, early empirical antibiotics, and aggressive supportive pediatric intensive care are cornerstones of management as multiorgan dysfunction and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ...
Omar S +6 more
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Successful Treatment of Severe Purpura Fulminans With Anakinra. [PDF]
Pediatr DermatolABSTRACT 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.
Zulian F +4 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 +14 more
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