A Septic Shock and Multi-Organ-Failure Case due
to Mediterranean Spotted Fever

Damiano Larnè; Maria Polimeni; Rosa Basile; Mariastella Carpentieri; Saverio De Lorenzo; Giuseppe Ieropoli; Alfredo Kunkar; Santa Pellicano; Domenico Sofo; Giuseppe Foti

Abstract

A Septic Shock and Multi-Organ-Failure Case due to Mediterranean Spotted Fever

Rickettsia Conorii is an obligate intracellular gram-negative bacterium that causes a spectrum of different syndromes. An 83-year-old splenectomised patient has septic shock associated with coagulopathy and multi-organ-failure. The patient is treated with doxycycline, vasoactive amines, fresh frozen plasma, antithrombin III with progressive clinical improvement. Mediterranean spotted fever is a pathology that frequently has benign characteristics however, in fragile patients it can manifest itself with severe clinical conditions.

Author(s):

Damiano Larnè, Maria Polimeni, Rosa Basile, Mariastella Carpentieri, Saverio De Lorenzo, Giuseppe Ieropoli, Alfredo Kunkar, Santa Pellicano, Domenico Sofo, and Giuseppe Foti

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