[Meningococcocemia complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation, splenic infarction and pulmonary thromboembolism in a young adult: case report].

Mortality of meningococcal septicemia remains high in spite of the improvement of antibiotics treatment and critical care medicine. A 23-year-old male, who had been well until a day earlier, was admitted to the hospital because of a high-grade fever and headache. On the second hospital day, he was still febrile, and it was confirmed that he had disseminated intravascular coagulation.