WAhospital2017-09-29
Inquest into the Death of Jared Charles OLSEN
41y · Male·Fulminant sepsis (Klebsiella pneumoniae) with multi-organ failure complicating s…
A 41-year-old man with newly diagnosed severe Crohn's colitis was prescribed 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) after only 5 days of hospital treatment. He had a homozygous TPMT gene deficiency (present in ~0.3% of pop…
gastroenterologyintensive carediagnosticsystem6-mercaptopurine