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STUDY OF SKIN LESIONS IN 221 PATIENTS OF MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE

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Title: STUDY OF SKIN LESIONS IN 221 PATIENTS OF MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE

Authors: Shahid Jamil 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1989

Volume: 39

Issue: 9

Language: English

Categories
Meningococcal Disease (1) Skin Lesions (3) Medicine (22336) Dermatology (4774) Infectious Diseases (12373)

Abstract

Abstract


During a meningococcal outbreak, 221 patients were studied. A skin rash was present in 78 (35.3%) patients. Twenty one (11.3%) patients had a frankly purpuric rash, involving mainly the extremities and the remaining had a generalised macular or petechial lesions. Extensive purpuric lesions, involving mainly the extremities were associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), shock and a fatal outcome. This peripherally distributed rash may be used as a clinical substitute for the laboratory tests that confirm DIG

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