Adrenal Failure in Fulminant Meningococcal Septicaemia: A Clinical Reality
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 22 (6) , 755-756
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365549009027135
Abstract
Current teaching is that adrenal failure is not a feature of meningococcal sepsis, and that cortisol levels are generally elevated. A case of fulminant meningococcal septicaemia in a 14-year-old boy is described. This patient had low/borderline cortisol levels, which normalised within some days.Keywords
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