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Purpuric rash of meningococcemia at presentation.Reprinted with permission from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Shrestha NK. Infectious disease emergencies. In: Carey WD, editor. Current Clinical Medicine, 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:706. Copyright   2010 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
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There were numerous ecchymotic lesions over her face, chest, back, abdomen, arms, and legs, as shown in Figure 1.
Chest X-ray, posteroanterior view showing obvious cardiomegaly.
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