THE Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is a clinical entity first described in 1911 by Waterhouse 1 in an eight-month-old child. In 1918, Friderichsen 2 reviewed the literature and described a ...

Intravenous volume substitution was initiated immediately. We suspected Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome and started the patient on cephalosporins (third generation). Circulatory and respiratory ...