McWhinney P H, Patel A, Walker E
Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Scand J Infect Dis. 1990;22(6):755-6. doi: 10.3109/00365549009027135.
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.
目前的教学观点认为肾上腺功能衰竭不是脑膜炎球菌败血症的特征,且皮质醇水平通常会升高。本文描述了一名14岁男孩暴发性脑膜炎球菌败血症的病例。该患者的皮质醇水平较低/处于临界值,且在数天内恢复正常。