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. 2021 May 1;2(3):e12423.
doi: 10.1002/emp2.12423. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Purpura fulminans

Florian Reizine  1   2 , Lea Picard  1   2 , Caroline Piau  3 , Jean-Marc Tadié  1   2
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Purpura fulminans

Florian Reizine et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
No abstract available

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Intracellular (A) and extracellular (B) bacilli on blood smear at admission (May‐Grunwald‐Giemsa staining, ×1000)
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Symmetrical extensive purpura fulminans of legs and arms with emerging gangrene of fingers
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