9 results for “staphylococcal septicaemia”
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
A 41-year-old man with a pre-existing aortic valve abnormality developed staphylococcal septicaemia, likely initiated by Q fever exposure at his abattoir workplace or a finger laceration. He…
84y · Female·multi-organ failure arising from Staphylococcal septicaemia
Laurel Jean Shaw, aged 84, died from multi-organ failure secondary to Staphylococcal septicaemia. She was detained under a Mental Health Act order for Lewy Body Dementia when she develope…
11y · Female·Acute Staphylococcal Septicaemia due to suppurative arthritis of the left ankle
An 11-year-old Aboriginal girl died from acute staphylococcal septicaemia following an ankle injury. She presented three times over three days with escalating signs…
22y · Female·staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a right 1…
Julieka Dhu, a 22-year-old Aboriginal woman, died on 4 August 2014 from staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a rib fracture sustained in April 2014. She wa…
30y · Male·diffuse alveolar damage, a complication of bacterial endocarditis
Freddie Peterson, a 30-year-old Aboriginal man from Papunya, died in custody from bacterial endocarditis complicated by diffuse alveolar damage. He was imprisoned for nine months and presented to the prison medical centr…
65y · Male·staphylococcal sepsis (secondary to Staphylococcus aureus infection seeding rect…
…ng the patient as a 'soft tissue injury'. The patient was readmitted four days later with overwhelming staphylococcal sepsis requiring surgery, and died. The Coroner found omissions at each level of the surgical team wer…
2y · Female·septicaemia
Zena Stevens, a 2.5-year-old Aboriginal girl, died from septicemia at Tennant Creek Hospital on 14 January 2005. She had presented to clinic on 11 January with fever, purulent ears and a recently lanced abscess after rec…
75y · Female·Septicaemia (Staphylococcus aureus) with antecedent cause of septic arthritis
A 75-year-old woman with chronic pain and previous staphylococcal infections presented to Glen Innes District Hospital with a swollen, warm right knee 10 days after a c…
9y · Male·Disseminated melioidosis
William Bligh, a 9-year-old boy from Palm Island, died from disseminated melioidosis on 24 February 2013. He presented with fever and cough from 2 February, initially assessed as viral illness. Over 11 days, he was revie…
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