When a Rash Signals Sepsis

A 3-year-old boy presents with fever, vomiting, and rapidly spreading Skin Lesions. Explore the diagnosis in the context of Neisseria meningitidis bacteremia.

Purpura fulminans


A 3-year-old boy presented with fever, vomiting, and these skin lesions. He was found to have bacteremia with Neisseria meningitidis. What is the diagnosis?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Vitamin C deficiency
Drug-induced vasculitis
Purpura fulminans
Henloch-Schonlein purpura
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Dermatology, Meningococcemia, Pediatrics, Purpura fulminans, Sepsis

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