10 results for “pneumococcal infection”
12y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating an aortic root abscess (operated) …
…chest pain) to a rural hospital. Despite high inflammatory markers and blood culture eventually showing pneumococcal infection, she was diagnosed with viral illness. Critical factors included: a 9-hour delay between path…
5y · Male·Pneumococcal meningitis (fulminant, serotype 29)
Rupert Kaine Rafferty, a 5-year-old boy, died from fulminant pneumococcal meningitis (serotype 29) on 23 April 2010. He was examined by his paediatrician on 19 April with upper …
1y · Female·Rapidly developing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leading to invasive pneumo…
Arianna Maragol, a 16-month-old girl, died from rapidly developing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leading to invasive pneumococcal disease while in childcare on 24 August 2018. Key clinical lessons emer…
0y · Female·Pneumococcal meningitis
Allegra, aged 6 months, died of pneumococcal meningitis after a Healthdirect telephone triage call on 28 April 2010 that resulted in inappropriate h…
39y · Male·pneumococcal meningitis with severe cerebral oedema due to pneumococcal mastoidi…
… and sinusitis, was admitted to Flinders Medical Centre for what was thought to be a straightforward ENT infection. Over 15 days, he developed pneumococcal meningitis with severe cerebral oedema—a recognised but uncommo…
91y · Male·complications of pneumonia
…n 19 April 2015. Expert respiratory physician assessment concluded the pneumonia was community-acquired pneumococcal infection unrelated to accommodation conditions, likely aspiration from nasopharyngeal carriage or pers…
26y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to pneumococcal septic shock
… an atypical blanched rash not recognised as varicella zoster (chickenpox), complicated by streptococcal infection. Critical deterioration occurred at 1:30am on 18 February when he became tachycardic and hypoxic, requir…
6y · Female·Brain stem herniation due to pneumococcal meningitis
Lilli Sweet, a 6-year-old asplenic child with hereditary spherocytosis, died from pneumococcal meningitis with brain stem herniation. She presented to Nambour Hospital ED with vomiting, diarrhea, an…
1y · Unknown·unascertained
…nt suffered unexpected cardiac arrest at home nine days after receiving routine MMR, meningococcal, and pneumococcal vaccinations. He presented to Manning Base Hospital on 27 July 2020 with fever (38.5°C) and rash; was t…
44y · Female·unascertained (consistent with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Staphylococcus aur…
Maureen Mandijarra, a 44-year-old Aboriginal woman with poorly controlled diabetes and recurrent skin infections, was arrested at Male Oval on 29 November 2012 for street drinking under a zero-tolerance police approa…
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