Figure 1: Purpura fulminans, a cutaneous manifestation of disseminated intravascular coagulation, due to Group A streptococcal septic shock (A), which improved with antibiotics, resuscitation, IVIG infusion, and topical nitroglycerin (B).
Jarrod Mosier, MD and John Bloom, MD
Emergency Medicine-Critical Care Program
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Reference as: Mosier J, Bloom J. Medical image of the week: purpura fulminans. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2013;6(6):305. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc082-13 PDF