Fatal pneumococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in a vaccinated adult with congenital asplenia.
Vincentelli
Cristina
C
A.M. Rywlin Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA. cvincent@msmc.com
Molina
Enrique G
EG
Robinson
Morton J
MJ
D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines