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Malays Orthop J
March 2023
Department of Pathology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Purpura fulminans (PF) is a severe clinical manifestation of infection that is associated with high mortality rates in children. Survivors are frequently left with debilitating musculoskeletal sequelae. There is a paucity of reports on the musculoskeletal pathology of purpura fulminans.
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September 2016
Department of General Internal Medicine, Nara City Hospital, Japan.
We mainly refer to the acute setting of meningococcemia. Meningococcemia is an infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis, which has 13 clinically significant serogroups that are distinguishable by the structure of their capsular polysaccharides. N.
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December 2012
Eastman Dental Hospital, London, UK.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
November 2003
Clinic of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Technical University of Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
J Pediatr Orthop
September 2002
Pequeno Príncipe Children's Hospital, Paraná, Brazil.
The authors retrospectively analyzed the files of 11 patients with osteochondral sequelae of meningococcemia, which were referred to this service between 1988 and 1996. The purpose of this study was to radiographically evaluate bone and physeal injuries observed in these patients, deformities caused by them and correlate these findings with the current literature. During radiographic evaluation of patients with sequelae of meningococcemia, two distinct parameters should be observed: bone injury and physeal plate injury patterns.
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