"It is named after Rupert Waterhouse, English physician (1873-1958) 8, and Carl Friderichsen, Danish paediatrician (20th century) 2. The latter reported his first 30 cases in 1918 10, writing a follow-up article in 1955 detailing another 250 cases 11!"
"Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is due to septicaemia and common infective agents include 5:"
"Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus): classically-described cause"
"Haemophilus influenzae"
"Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
"Streptococcus pneumoniae"
"Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus): classically-described cause"
"Haemophilus influenzae"
"Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
"Escherichia coli"
"Streptococcus pneumoniae"