9 results for “meningococcal disease”
22y · Male·Meningococcal meningitis and sepsis
Daniel Roulant, 22, died from meningococcal meningitis and sepsis within 24 hours of symptom onset. He presented to his GP on 23 November 2017 wit…
19y · Female·Meningococcal septicaemia
Emma McGrath, a 19-year-old nursing student, died from meningococcal septicaemia caused by the W strain after presenting to the ED with a 12-hour history of vomiting, diar…
17y · Female·bacterial sepsis (septic shock) due to Neisseria meningitidis infection
…al sepsis (septic shock) secondary to Neisseria meningitidis infection on 12 July 2018. She contracted meningococcal disease and presented to Hobart Private Hospital, where staff appropriately recognised the severity an…
14y · Female·Neisseria meningitidis infection (meningococcal septicaemia)
…l infection. Hospital doctors misdiagnosed her as having a urinary tract infection or pelvic inflammatory disease, fixating on her sexual history as the key diagnostic clue. Empirical broad-spectrum antibiotics were not…
19y · Male·acute bacterial meningitis with secondary cerebritis (meningococcus)
…eized at ~9am, received antibiotics only then, was intubated and transferred to ICU where he died from meningococcal meningitis with cerebritis on 15 July. Clinical lessons: recognise the constellation of fever, severe …
24y · Female·multi organ failure due to meningococcal septicaemia
…resented 5 hours later with characteristic petechial rash, admitted to ICU, but died within hours from meningococcal septicaemia. Critical failures: over-reliance on absence of rash and meningeal signs to exclude mening…
26y · Female·meningococcal infection (Neisseria meningitidis W strain) causing septicaemia
Ashleigh Rebecca Hunter, a previously healthy 26-year-old, died from meningococcal septicaemia (W strain) within 3 hours of arriving at Royal Perth Hospital. She presented with severe g…
Female·Verris Dawn Wright: septic shock due to small bowel ischaemia secondary to small…
…ol, but staff did not activate the required emergency response. She deteriorated overnight and died of meningococcal septicaemia. Both cases highlight failures to recognise sepsis, escalate appropriately, establish mana…
17y · Male·bacterial meningitis
A 17-year-old Aboriginal student died from bacterial meningitis after three clinic presentations in Yuendumu over four days. The critical failure occurred on 1 April when fever (38.3°C), persistent headache, and positive…
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