Early-onset compartment syndrome of the limbs, a rare complication of meningococcal septicemia in infants?
Meningococcal (Neisseria meningitides) septicemia is a feared diagnosis in febrile infants presenting with a petechial rash. Despite a good susceptibility to penicillin which usually results in an assumed bacterial clearance from blood cultures early on; extensive organ damage often mandates a prolo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-09-01
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| Series: | JPRAS Open |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587815000297 |