Adrenal failure in fulminant meningococcal septicaemia: a clinical reality.
作者信息
McWhinney P H, Patel A, Walker E
机构信息
Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
出版信息
Scand J Infect Dis. 1990;22(6):755-6. doi: 10.3109/00365549009027135.
PMID:2284584
Abstract
Current teaching is that adrenal failure is not a feature of meningococcal sepsis, and that cortisol levels are generally elevated. A case of fulminant meningococcal septicaemia in a 14-year-old boy is described. This patient had low/borderline cortisol levels, which normalised within some days.
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