Skin sloughing and peripheral gangrene in a case of Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, probably caused by E. coli septicaemia.
D000293:Adolescent; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000150:complications*