title: Fatal meningococcemia.
abstract: Within the past six years, a case of bothWaterhouse-Freidrichsen Syndrome and fulminant meningococcemia have presented to Union Memorial Hospital. Both cases presented in markedly different fashions, differed in microbiologic serogrouping, showed minimal histopathologic similarities; however achieved ultimately the same outcome through two different pathological pathways. The following case reports illustrate two mechanisms through which N. Meningitis may pathogenize a host, both leading to complete cardiovascular collapse in less than 12 hours.
authors.affiliation: Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tabacco
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suniega
authors.forename: Fardad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sarabchi
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mitsani
keywords: Infectious disease