title: Disseminated intravascular coagulation with Fusobacterium necrophorum septicaemia.
abstract: A 23 year old woman died within six hours of admission from acute disseminated intravascular coagulation. Fusobacterium necrophorum, a Gram negative anaerobic organism, was isolated as a single pathogen from the blood cultures. This association has not previously been reported.
authors.affiliation: Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon, UK.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Drysdale
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Buck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*