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Descriptor English:   Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Waterhouse-Friderichsen 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Waterhouse-Friderichsen 
Synonyms English:   Fulminant Meningococcal Sepsis with Adrenal Apoplexy
Meningococcal Hemorrhagic Adrenalitis
Purpura Fulminans (Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome)  
Tree Number:   C01.252.200.500.550.800
C01.252.400.625.549.449.800
C10.228.228.180.500.750.500
C10.228.228.507.280.505.904
C15.378.463.950
C19.053.500.740
Definition English:   A condition caused by overwhelming BACTERIAL INFECTIONS or SEPTICEMIA, leading to HEMORRHAGE and NECROSIS of the ADRENAL GLAND. It is characterized by rapidly developing ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; HYPOTENSION; and widespread cutaneous PURPURA. This syndrome may occur at any age but is more common in children. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not coord with NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS unless particularly discussed; if caused by other organism, coord IM with precoord organism/infection term
History Note English:   1991, 1963-1983; use MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS 1984-1990 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
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chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy transmission
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   15286 
Unique Identifier:   D014884 

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