title: A 4-year-old child with devastating meningococcemia.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Scheid
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology