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Query: UMLS:C0034063 (
pulmonary edema
)
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Septic adrenal hemorrhage is classically caused by
meningococcemia
. An autopsied case is presented of a 45-year-old man with adrenal hemorrhage due to Klebsiella oxytoca bacteremia following placement of a central venous catheter. He died 5 hours after developing disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The bacterial entry site may have been the catheter. The cause of death was considered to be
pulmonary edema
due to bacteremia rather than adrenal insufficiency due to hemorrhage. Septic adrenal hemorrhage should be recognized as a subtype of sepsis rather than adrenal insufficiency, and may be caused in conditions of severe sepsis with DIC, independent of the microorganic variety.
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PMID:Adrenal hemorrhage associated with Klebsiella oxytoca bacteremia. 986 68
