27 results for “immunosuppression”
17y · Female·fungal brain infection and infarction complicating fungal infection of a scalp l…
A 17-year-old Aboriginal girl in state care died on 22 May 2012 from fungal brain infection and stroke. On 19 April 2012, she caused a motor vehicle crash by driving unlicensed while intoxicated, sustaining severe head a…
8y · Female·Chronic myocarditis subsequent to chemotherapy for sialoblastoma
An 8-year-old Aboriginal girl died from chronic myocarditis following chemotherapy for sialoblastoma (salivary gland cancer). She had completed chemotherapy and surgery with good response when complications arose. During…
51y · Male·Sepsis due to or as a consequence of right lower limb necrotising fasciitis due …
A 51-year-old man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma died from sepsis following necrotising fasciitis of the lower limb, which developed after a pseudo-aneurysm complication from coronary angiography. Key clinical less…
9y · Female·Streptococcus pneumoniae and Candida albicans pneumonia and empyema in a girl wi…
Makayla Lee Wadeson, a 9-year-old autistic girl with ulcerative colitis on immunosuppressive therapy, presented to the emergency department with ear infection symptoms on 29 July 2022. She was triaged Category 4 and disc…
10y · Female·Septic shock and multiple organ failure as complications of advanced metastatic …
Tamar, a 10-year-old girl diagnosed with advanced metastatic hepatoblastoma in August 2009, died from septic shock and multiorgan failure in El Salvador on 12 November 2009. Her treating oncologist Dr A. at Princess Marg…
43y · Male·Septic shock from streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis arising from streptococcus pne…
David Crisfield, a 43-year-old immunosuppressed patient with COPD on Crohn's disease therapy, died from streptococcus pneumoniae septic shock. He presented to a rural hospital ED on 6 November 2007 with respiratory compr…
68y · Female·Multi-organ failure associated with septic shock following duodenal perforation …
Athenia Hana Walden, 68, died from multi-organ failure and septic shock following duodenal perforation during laparoscopic surgery at Swan District Hospital on 8 May 2008. Surgery was performed to remove her gallbladder,…
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