BILATERAL ADRENAL HEMORRHAGIC NECROSIS IN A PRETERM INFANT WITH PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA SEPTICEMIA

Authors
KANDLER C FISCHER E KANDLER M SCHINDLER C SCHOERNER C HARMS D
Citation
C. Kandler et al., BILATERAL ADRENAL HEMORRHAGIC NECROSIS IN A PRETERM INFANT WITH PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA SEPTICEMIA, Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde, 146(8), 1998, pp. 766-768
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00269298
Volume
146
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
766 - 768
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-9298(1998)146:8<766:BAHNIA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Background: Acute haemorrhages of the adrenals in a septicemia with me ningococci have been a well-known complication. They have also been de scribed in neonates for septicemia due to E. coli, staphylococci and s treptococci. Case: We observed a fulminant lethal septic disease with bilateral acute haemorrhagic necrosis in a 14-day-old preterm infant. Pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated from blood culture. Discussion: T his is the first report on Water-house-Friderichsen-syndrome triggered by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.