Tribute to the centenary of Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome: a case report

• Main Authors: Huei Hsin Shieh (Author), Patrícia Freitas Góes (Author), Albert Bousso (Author), Fabiana Roberto Lima (Author), Maria Cláudia Nogueira Zerbini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome was first reported by Rupert Waterhouse exactly 100 years ago on March 4th, 1911. It is an acute infectious disease that generally progress to a lethal outcome despite the adoption of all available resources of an intensive therapy unit. We describe an illustrati...