title: Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome caused by a DF-2 bacterium in a splenectomised patient.
abstract: A case of Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome associated with septicaemia caused by a DF-2 group bacterium (dysgonic fermenter--type 2--Atlanta classification) is presented. Attention is drawn to the relation of DF-2 group septicaemias to dog bites (or contact) and impaired host defence after splenectomy.
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D013156:Splenectomy; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*