Neisseria meningitidis, also called meningococcus, is a bacterium responsible for meningitis and septicemia. Its most serious form, purpura fulminans, is often fatal. This bacterium, which is ...

Every case has a hinge point, a key feature around which the differential diagnosis is built. In this case, the hinge point is the splenectomy. N meningitidis is associated with sepsis and severe DIC ...

After eating leftover food in his fridge, which triggered a potentially deadly disease, a 19-year-old student had to get both of his legs and and all ten fingers amputated. According to this study, a ...

A 15-year-old girl presented with a two-day history of fever, confusion and rash. On examination, she had hypotension, stiffness of the neck and a purpuric rash covering her extremities (Figure 1A). A ...

A vaccination campaign against meningococcal B bacteria has been launched in the Chambéry and Lyon-East regions of France. This campaign follows an increase in cases of infection since June 2022 with ...

A 19-year-old man in the US lost his legs and all 10 fingers after eating his roommate's leftover food and developing an aggressive bacterial infection. The man, who identified as JC according to a ...

CORRECTION of abnormally low concentration of plasma components is usually attempted by replacement therapy. However, evidence from studies of purpura fulminans in man 1,2 and from studies of the ...

A student developed gangrene and had to have his limbs amputated after eating his friend’s leftovers from the fridge. The unnamed man, 19, was taken into intensive care with multiple organ failure ...

A Massachusetts college student was hospitalized after eating bad Chinese takeout. The 19-year-old experienced vomiting, fever, and shortness of breath before his admission. He eventually needed both ...