Disseminated intravascular coagulation with Fusobacterium necrophorum septicaemia.
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.
Potter
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Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon, UK.
Drysdale
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Price
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Buck
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D000328:Adult; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*