5 results for “meningococcal meningitis”
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 · 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 …
14y · Female·Neisseria meningitidis infection (meningococcal septicaemia)
…ite clear indicators of sepsis. Antibiotics were finally started at midnight but the patient died from meningococcal septicaemia at 4:50 am. The coroner found the death preventable. Critical clinical lessons: (1) always…
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 wh…
24y · Female·multi organ failure due to meningococcal septicaemia
…Dr R., relatively inexperienced (5 weeks in Australia), examined her thoroughly but focused on excluding meningitis through absence of neck stiffness and rash. She diagnosed viral illness with possible urinary tract infe…
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