11 results for “meningococcal sepsis”
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…
17y · Female·bacterial sepsis (septic shock) due to Neisseria meningitidis infection
Sarah Rose Beltz, a 17-year-old student, died of bacterial sepsis (septic shock) secondary to Neisseria meningitidis infection on 12 July 2018. She contracted meningococcal…
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…
14y · Female·Neisseria meningitidis infection (meningococcal septicaemia)
… clue. Empirical broad-spectrum antibiotics were not administered for 10 hours despite clear indicators of sepsis. Antibiotics were finally started at midnight but the patient died from meningococcal septicaemia at 4:50 …
36y · Female·Acute brain injury due to intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to sepsis
…nsciousness and purpuric rash. Paramedics appropriately administered empiric antibiotics for suspected meningococcal sepsis. Hospital investigation revealed intracerebral haemorrhages and blood cultures grew Staphylococ…
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 …
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…
…ion in rural hospital patients. Mrs Wright, 86, presented with abdominal pain and a low temperature (early sepsis), but staff did not escalate when she deteriorated over four hours. No doctor reviewed her before she died…
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…
27y · Female·Septicaemia secondary to Neisseria meningitides infection
Naomi Williams, a 27-year-old Wiradjuri woman, died from meningococcal septicaemia on 1 January 2016. She presented to Tumut Hospital in the early hours with generalised ach…
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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