Purpura fulminans secondary to rickettsial infection: A case report.

Siddanagouda Biradar, Renuka Holyachi Deepak K Kadeli

dc.contributor.author	Siddanagouda Biradar, Renuka Holyachi Deepak K Kadeli
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-16T12:01:56Z
dc.date.available	2019-11-16T12:01:56Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.issn	2249782X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1247
dc.description.abstract	Purpura fulminans is an acute life threatening disorder characterized by cutaneous haemorrhagic manifestations and necrosis caused by disseminated intravascular coagulation and dermal vascular thrombosis. In this case a 60-year-old male presented with purpuric lesions over both upper and lower limbs and consumption coagulopathy following rickettsial infection. It was diagnosed as purpura fulminans secondary to rickettsial infection with disseminated intravascular coagulation and treated with replacement of platelets and coagulation factors along with antibiotics and doxycycline	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	BLDE(Deemed to be University)	en_US
dc.subject	Consumption coagulopathy, Disseminated intravascular coagulation, Thrombotic disorder	en_US
dc.title	Purpura fulminans secondary to rickettsial infection: A case report.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US