An 18-year-old woman is brought into A&E ‘collapsed’. The previous day she had apparently been well apart from symptoms of a minor upper respiratory tract infection. She woke up feeling very unwell and asked her flat-mate to call the emergency doctor. The flat-mate noted that her friend had a couple of spots on her chest but by the time the doctor arrived she was developing a more widespread petechial rash. The emergency doctor transferred her immediately to hospital after giving her a single dose of benzylpenicillin. The patient was febrile with a temperature of 38°C.
A petechial rash was present (Refer to image). The patient was hypotensive and shocked. There was minimal neck stiffness. No other patient history available. What do you think is most likely diagnosis? *This case is from Docplexus Editorial team for educative purpose only Source: Kumar and Clark’s Cases in Clinical…
