title: [Petechiae in children: a disturbing symptom].
abstract: Out of patients with petechial lesions attended during a 5 year period, 90 (45%) were diagnosed a meningococcal disease. The generalized distribution of the petechial lesions proved to be very helpful as an orientation about the disease. The presence of a series of altered laboratory determinations (white blood cell count, band cells count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate 1st hour. C reactive protein (PCR) in blood and blood coagulation study) was highly significant in patients with the disease mentioned before.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Valle del Nalón, Riaño-Langreo, Asturias.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández González
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: García Muñoz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Velasco Díaz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarez Sánchez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández Carvajal
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fernández Argüelles
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cerezo Pancorbo
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sánchez Badía
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011693:Purpura / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Petequias en la infancia: un síntoma preocupante.