Table 1.

Profile of patients with purpura fulminans

Age	Gender	Presentation	DIC	Retiform purpura	Vesicle/bullae	Site	Skin necrosis	Peripheral gangrene	Cause	Outcome	Time span to death
66 years	Female	Sudden-onset shock syndrome	Present	Present	No	Arm	Present	Absent	Klebsiella	Survived	-
45 years	Female	Postoperative fever	Present	Present	Yes	Abdomen	Present	Present	E. coli	Death	6 days
29 years	Female	Puerperal sepsis following cesarean section	Present	Present	No	Abdomen	Present	Absent	E. coli	Survived	-
18 years	Female	Pneumonia	Present	Present	Yes	Arm	Present	Absent	Pneumococcus	Survived	-
16 years	Female	Pneumonia	Present	Present	Yes	Forearm	Present	Present	Pneumococcus	Death	5 days
51 years	Female	Urinary tract infection	Present	Present	Yes	Thigh, leg	Present	Absent	E. coli	Survived	-
62 years	Male	Pneumonia	Present	Present	No	Thigh, leg	Present	Absent	Pneumococcus	Survived	-
49 years	Female	Urinary tract infection	Present	Present	No	Leg, feet	Present	Present	Pseudomonas	Death	4 days
78 years	Female	Cellulitis	Present	Present	Yes	Leg, feet	Present	Present	Streptococcus pyogenes	Death	5 days
53 years	Male	Cellulitis	Present	Present	No	Thigh, leg, feet	Present	Present	Streptococcus pyogenes	Survived	-
1 year	Female	Sudden-onset shock syndrome	Present	Present	Yes	Thigh, leg, feet, arm, face, forearm	Present	Absent	Group B Streptococcus	Death	6 days
42 years	Male	Pneumonia	Present	Present	Yes	Chest	Present	Absent	Pneumococcus	Survived	-
43 years	Male	Cellulitis	Present	Present	Yes	Thigh	Present	Absent	Idiopathic	Survived	-
22 years	Female	Urinary tract infection	Present	Present	Yes	Arm	Present	Absent	Proteus	Survived	-
19 years	Female	Cellulitis	Present	Present	Yes	Forearm	Present	Absent	Staphylococcus aureus	Survived	-
50 years	Female	Sudden-onset shock syndrome	Present	Present	Yes	Leg, feet	Present	Present	Idiopathic	Death	8 days
6 years	Female	Sudden-onset shock syndrome	Present	Present	Yes	Thigh, leg	Present	Absent	Pneumococcus	Survived	-
68 years	Male	Pneumonia	Present	Present	Yes	Leg, feet	Present	Present	Klebsiella	Death	7 days
7 years	Female	Convulsions	Present	Present	No	Lower limbs, abdomen, upper limbs	Present	Absent	Meningococcus	Survived	-
3 years	Female	Pneumonia	Present	Present	No	Arm, forearm	Present	Absent	Staphylococcus	Death	4 days
4 days	Male	Sudden-onset shock syndrome	Present	Present	No	Back	Present	Absent	Protein C deficiency	Death	3 days
31 years	Female	Urinary tract infection	Present	Present	No	Hand, elbow, leg	Present	Absent	E. coli	Survived	-
59 years	Female	Congestive cardiac failure	Present	Present	Yes	Hand, feet, trunk	Present	Present	Pneumococcus	Death	5 days