Exclusion of Meningococcal Disease in a febrile child with a non-blanching rash
Date First Published:
May 24, 2012
Last Updated:
May 24, 2012
Report by:
Dr Rachel Green, ST3 Emergency Medicine (Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Emergency Department)
Three-Part Question:
[In a febrile but well child with a non-blanching rash] are [observation and blood tests] enough to rule out [meningococcal disease]