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Bacteremia without sepsis presents with fever, malaise, myalgias, and headache. Patients may clear the infection spontaneously, or it may invade meninges, joints, lung...
Because of the rapidly progressing nature of meningococcemia in some, patients with acute onset of petechial rash and fever should receive a prompt initial dose of antibiotic...
Fatality rate of meningococcemia is 15–20%, even when rec...
Banzhoff A. Multicomponent Meningococcal B vaccination (4CMenB) of adolescents and college students in the United States. Ther Adv Vaccines. 2017;5(1): 3–14. [View Abstract on...
A39.4 Meningococcemia, unspecified
A39.3 Chronic meningococcemia
A39.2 Acute meningococcemia
4089001 Meningococcemia (disorder)
240426001 chronic meningococcemia...
Q: How long should antibiotic therapy be given to a patient with septic shock?
A: 7 days
Q: Should my patient receive both MCV4 and serotype B vaccine?
A: MVC4 is recommended in all unimmunized 11- t...
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<bold>Figure 67-9</bold> Purpura fulminans in a patient with meningococcemia.
petechiae and purpura in patient with meningococcemia
<bold>FIGURE 11.14</bold> Purpura fulminans resulting from meningococcemia or streptococcemia causes patchy cutaneous necrosis on many body surfaces (<bold>A</bold>) but especially the digits (<bold>B</bold>).
<bold>FIGURE 11.14</bold> Purpura fulminans resulting from meningococcemia or streptococcemia causes patchy cutaneous necrosis ...