Disseminated intravascular coagulation with Fusobacterium necrophorum septicaemia
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 64 (748) , 155-156
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.64.748.155
Abstract
Summary: A 23 year old woman died within six hours of admission from acute disseminated intravascular coagulation. Fusobacterium necrophorum, a Gram negative anaerobic organism, was isolated as a single pathogen from the blood cultures. This association has not previously been reported.Keywords
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