Sudden death due to Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome and purulent leptomeningitis caused by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (Mima polymorpha).
A case of Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome presenting with purulent leptomeningitis causing sudden death is described. The causative agent, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (Mina polymorpha), was determined by post-mortem microbiological examination.
D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000150:complications*