7 results for “pneumococcal sepsis”
1y · Female·Rapidly developing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leading to invasive pneumo…
… 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 emerged: (1) Pneumococcal disease ca…
26y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to pneumococcal septic shock
…8 February when he became tachycardic and hypoxic, requiring medical review and antibiotics initiation per sepsis pathway. This review did not occur, causing approximately 3-hour delay in antibiotic administration. Trans…
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…
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…
39y · Male·pneumococcal meningitis with severe cerebral oedema due to pneumococcal mastoidi…
…s 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 uncommon complication of ear infection. Meningi…
<1y · Male·Acute meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae infection
…cal appointment, and identification of the underlying splenic condition that rendered him vulnerable to pneumococcal infection.
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 approach. …
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