Fatal Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome due toEwingella americanaInfection
作者:
Michael Tsokos,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 2003)
卷期:
Volume 24,
issue 1
页码: 41-44
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 2003
出版商: OVID
关键词: Ewingella americanainfection;Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome;Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage;Procalcitonin;Sudden death
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A fatal case of Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome resulting fromEwingella americanainfection in a previously healthy 74-year-old woman is reported. The patient died suddenly within 14 hours after presentation. The diagnosis of Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome as the cause of death was established post mortem based on autopsy findings, microscopic examination, measurement of serum procalcitonin concentration (113 ng/ml), and outcome of postmortem bacteriologic cultures that grewE. americanain heart and spleen blood samples. Since the introduction ofE. americanaas a new group in the familyEnterobacteriaceaein 1983, more recent case studies have established its clinical significance and pathogenic potential to cause severe, life-threatening bacteremia and sepsis.E. americanais a rare pathogen that should be added to the list of unusual bacteria causing Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome.
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