title: 19-year-old woman with multiorgan failure and purpura.
authors.affiliation: Resident in Internal Medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Brittany L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Dykstra
authors.affiliation: Advisor to resident and Consultant in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: ramar.kannan@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Kannan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ramar
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D011693:Purpura / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D055665:Purpura Fulminans / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult