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Deep vein thrombosis. Septicaemia, pericarditis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, cerebral abscess, meningitis (particularly in pneumococcal pneumonia).
Gram-negative septicaemia . Investigations Investigations should include: Capillary blood glucose - can be performed but the glucose level must be confirmed on p...
High-output heart failure - eg, septicaemia , thyrotoxic crisis , anaemia , shunts. Increased pulmonary capillary permeability: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)....
Sudden onset of insufficiency, such as the Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (infarction secondary to septicaemia - eg, meningococcal) presents with collapse and shock. Chronic - symptoms...
Also, consider all causes of septicaemia and meningitis . Early referral to the local infectious diseases unit will provide the most useful, up-to-date advice on management.
Doctors should be familiar with important rashes (such as the purpuric rashes of meningococcal septicaemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and Henoch-Schönlein purpura). Ca...
Impairment of cellular immune defences (the type found in HIV infection) should be suspected in children who present with: Recurrent bacterial infections, particularly invasive infections like m...
Salmonella septicaemia, recurrent. Histoplasmosis, disseminated or extrapulmonary. Toxoplasmosis of brain.
Leading causes of death after spinal cord injury include pneumonia, pulmonary emboli , septicaemia and acute kidney injury . Prognosis The spinal cord has very limited powers ...
Meningococcal septicaemia . Encephalitic viruses - eg, West Nile virus . Investigations Infected material is potentially dangerous and so investigations should be restricted to t...
Differential diagnosis This is mostly between the other VHFs : Meningococcal septicaemia Henoch-Schönlein purpura Measles Hepatitis Malaria Haemolytic...