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Med Crit 2019; 33 (2)

Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome by Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Del Carpio OL, García LM

Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 104-107
PDF size: 212.75 Kb.


ABSTRACT

We present the case of a patient affected by a Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome presenting multiple organ failure and data in relation to acute adrenal insufficiency, which was fulminant and was concluded secondary to Staphylococcus haemolyticus.


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