Subacute Infectious Purpura

Treatment of Acute Infectious Purpura

A 5-month previously healthy male presented with fever (102oF) of one day duration. Physical examination was normal except for fever and subtle bluish ecchymotic patches over knees. Shortly after admission, he developed cold clammy extremities, poor peripheral pulses and a generalized petechial rash. Fluid resuscitation and intravenous ceftriaxone were initiated promptly with restoration of sat...

Thrombocytopenic purpura complicating infectious mononucleosis.

Identification of Differentially Expressed Serum Proteins in Infectious Purpura Fulminans

Purpura fulminans (PF) is a life-threatening hemorrhagic condition. Because of the rarity and randomness of the disease, no improvement in treatment has been made for a long time. In this study, we assessed the serum proteome response to PF by comparing serum proteins between healthy controls and PF patient. Liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) approach was used after ...

[Subacute stent thrombosis in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with intravenous immunoglobulin].

The use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) concomitant with platelet transfusion is indicated in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in the case of life-threatening severe thrombocytopenia or hemorrhaging, or when therapeutic procedures with some risk of bleeding are performed.1 We describe a 44-year-old man with ITP who underwent a stress test for mixed angina attacks. Ea...

Thrombocytopenic purpura complicating infectious mononucleosis; report of a case and serial platelet counts during the course of infectious mononucleosis.

By RICHARD M. ANGLE, M.D. , AND HOWARD L. ALT, M.D. T HE OCCURRENCE of thrombocytopenic purpura during the course of infectious mononucleosis is rare. A review of the literature revealed only six detailed reports of a definite association between these two conditions. It is the purpose of this paper to report another case and to present the results of serial blood platelet counts during the cou...