Neonatal and childhood purpura fulminans: review of seven cases.

The cases of seven patients between the ages of seven days and three years with purpura fulminans have been reviewed. Causative agents in these new-borns were Escherichia coli, Enterobacter, and Staphylococcus; in older children they were varicella and E. coli. The clinical findings, medical and surgical interventions, and outcomes of the cases are presented here.