Disseminated intravascular coagulation in an under-recognised zoonotic infection
Abstract A 51 year old man presented with severe sepsis, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and multiorgan dysfunction after a 24 hour history of diarrhoea and malaise. Despite fluid resuscitation and receiving a platelet transfusion, freshfrozen plasma and intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics, he remained anuric with a worsening metabolic acidosis. He was transferred to critical…
Reference: Volume 16 Issue 3 Pages 138-141 (2017)