title: Purpura fulminans associated with overwhelming sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulation following splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery A, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shperber
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rudick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Orda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D011693:Purpura / Q000209:etiology*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013577:Syndrome