22 results for “streptococcal infection”
2y · Male·Group A beta Haemolytic Streptococcal septicaemia (invasive Group A Streptococca…
A 2-year-7-month-old boy died of Group A Streptococcal septicaemia after three presentations to hospital over three days. Clinical staff failed to recognise …
1y · Male·Septicaemia due to Streptococcal (Beta Haemolytic Group A) infection
…throughout his 4-hour ED stay, Troy was discharged without blood tests to investigate possible bacterial infection. He deteriorated overnight and died from Group A Streptococcal sepsis. Expert evidence established that …
21y · Male·Sepsis and Streptococcus pyogenes necrotising fasciitis of the left leg
…ikely not have been diagnostic. The presentation did not exhibit features readily identifiable as severe infection. The coroner made educational recommendations for the case to be brought to clinicians' attention in bot…
2y · Male·Group A Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome which probably originated in the thro…
Ryan Saunders, a 2-year-old boy, died from Group A Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome after a 72-hour presentation with fever, pain, and systemic illness. Initial GP c…
8y · Male·Streptococcus pyogenes and parechovirus infection
…n eight-month-old boy in state child protection care died from Streptococcus pyogenes and parechovirus coinfection. He presented to regional ED on 2 September with fever and ear infection signs, then 4 September with mi…
44y · Male·Sepsis due to Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus) septicaemia complic…
…aring clinically improved. He re-presented 12 hours later in severe septic shock and died from Group A Streptococcal septicaemia superinfecting influenza. Expert opinions suggested early broad-spectrum antibiotics might…
0y · Male·Group B Streptococcal infection and meconium aspiration with early bronchopneumo…
A newborn died of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) infection and meconium aspiration bronchopneumonia less than three hours after planned home birt…
76y · Male·Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis in the setting of acute bronchopneumonia and ren…
Terence Michael Brooks, a 76-year-old man with dementia, vascular disease, and depression, died of streptococcal pneumoniae sepsis with acute bronchopneumonia and renal failure from obstructive uropathy at an aged c…
6y · Male·pneumonia complicating influenza A (H1N1) infection with secondary streptococcal…
…stian Parman, a 6-year-old boy, died from pneumonia complicating influenza H1N1 with secondary group A streptococcal infection causing scarlet fever, empyema and sepsis. Multiple clinical failures contributed: an inform…
0y · Female·Intracranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from fa…
…ranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from a fall, complicated by Group B Streptococcal sepsis. A nurse fell while carrying the newborn to another resuscitation table after the primary table…
1y · Female·viral respiratory tract infection (Parainfluenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus…
Matilda Armstrong, a 12-month-old previously well child, died from viral respiratory tract infection (Parainfluenza and RSV) complicated by Streptococcus pyogenes sepsis following recent COVID-19 infection…
1y · Female·Sepsis (Group A Streptococcus)
A nearly 16-month-old girl died from Group A Streptococcal sepsis after presenting to a regional private hospital emergency department. She had been seen multipl…
21y · Male·Sepsis caused by Leptospirosis (Graeme Gulliver); Group A streptococcal meningit…
Three young patients died from severe bacterial infections at rural Queensland hospitals (Mossman and Atherton). All three received delayed diagnoses and treatmen…
0y · Male·Complications in association with fulminant sepsis in an infant (Streptococcus p…
…on 23 August, a pulled elbow was suspected; when the child appeared to improve after X-ray manipulation, infection was excluded. At Princess Margaret Hospital ED the same day, despite fever, tachycardia, and a blanching…
79y · Female·Sepsis due to urinary tract infection with Group B streptococci
A 79-year-old nursing home resident died of sepsis from urinary tract infection with Group B streptococci after waiting 6 hours in the Emergency Department without being seen by a doct…
0y · Female·Congenital Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B) pneumonia in the setting of compli…
… state following emergency caesarean section after complicated labour and died from congenital Group B streptococcal pneumonia. The inquest identified several suboptimal clinical management decisions. Despite high BMI (…
26y · Female·Streptococcal Sepsis resulting from Skin Ulceration and complications of Cerebra…
… 26-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability, died on 28 June 2007 of Streptococcal sepsis from infected pressure ulcers. She was cared for at home by her mother Daphne and sister Jenna.…
Female·Sepsis in the setting of a lotus birth
… inflammation. Key lessons: alternative birth practices (lotus birth, vaginal seeding) carry significant infection risk, particularly when maternal GBS status is unknown; early recognition of sepsis signs in high-risk n…
7y · Female·multiorgan failure due to fulminant sepsis (Streptococcus pyogenes)
7-year-old Aishwarya Aswath Chavittupara died from multiorgan failure due to fulminant sepsis (Streptococcus pyogenes) after approximately 90 minutes in Perth Children's Hospital emergency department. She presented with …
26y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to pneumococcal septic shock
…He developed 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 hyp…
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