Staphylococcal septicemia and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis mimicking meningococcemia.
Two patients with acute endocarditis attributable to Staphylococcus aureus had a clinical syndrome similar to meningococcemia with meningitis. That fulminant S aureus septicemia may on occasion be associated with hemorrhagic skin lesions, thrombocytopenia, coagulation abnormalities, and meningitis is emphasized.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000150:complications*; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis