OSTEONECROSIS FOLLOWING MENINGOCOCCEMIA AND DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION IN AN ADULT - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW

Authors
CAMPBELL WN JOSHI M SILEO D
Citation
Wn. Campbell et al., OSTEONECROSIS FOLLOWING MENINGOCOCCEMIA AND DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION IN AN ADULT - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW, Clinical infectious diseases, 24(3), 1997, pp. 452-455
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
24
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
452 - 455
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1997)24:3<452:OFMADI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Meningococcemia and disseminated intravascular coagulatian (DIG) have a known association, and they have been identified as a rare cause of osteonecrosis in children. To our knowledge, we report only the second case of an adult with DIC and Neisseria meningitidis infection whose condition was subsequently diagnosed as osteonecrosis. We also review the world medical literature that pertains to osteonecrosis as a seque lae of meningococcal infection associated with DIC.