Brazilian purpuric fever (BPF) is a pediatric disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius (H. aegyptius) and is often fatal. This disease is characterized by purulent conjunctivitis and subsequent acute onset of nausea, vomiting, hemorrhagic skin lesions, fever, prostration, and shock. Vascular destruction is a distinctive trait.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Other bacterial diseases
1C18 Brazilian purpuric fever
H01330 Brazilian purpuric fever
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by other gamma proteobacteria
H01330 Brazilian purpuric fever