Chris,
I was told a possible initial treatment,
venflon,
fill a EDTA tube with blood, for culture,
IV steroid.. 2 minuites...iv penicillin then load and go.
? stops the penicillin causing 'release' / collapse.
Hope I never need it.
Regards,
John Charlton.
Derby.
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> From: Chris Pearson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Flat Earthers
> Date: 26 January 1998 21:27
>
> In article <[log in to unmask]>, Jel Coward
> <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >In article <VA.00000153.21ab3d9c@burton>, Chris Burton
> ><[log in to unmask]> writes
> >>
> >>So does that mean you wouldn't give it to a kid with a fever and
purpuric
> >>rash if more than a few minutes away from a switched on paediatrician?
> >>
> >I was once told that doubling time for this little beastie is 15 minutes
> >- I have never looked it up though - can anyone shed any light please?
>
> I was told, having admitted a lad with what turned out to be
> meningococcal septicaemia, that 10 minutes after the administration of
> iv penicillin he had collapsed, and become comatose due to the massive
> release of exotoxins from the dying bacteria (!) This rather worries
> me. I had a hospital within 5 minutes, and the ambulance at the door.
> If I had givem iv antibiotics I wonder if he would still be alive?
> --
> Chris Pearson
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