ful·mi·nant

(ful'mi-nănt),

Occurring suddenly, with lightninglike rapidity, and with great intensity or severity (for example, meningococcal meningitis). Compare: fulgurant.

[L. fulmino, pp. -atus, to hurl lightning, fr. fulmen, lightning]

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fulminant

(fo͝ol′mə-nənt, fŭl′-)

adj.

Occurring suddenly, rapidly, and with great severity or intensity: fulminant infection.

fulminant

adjective Referring to an abrupt and severe onset of a new disease or condition, or deterioration of a previously diagnosed and managed disorder; the term usually refers to cancer or severe infection and would rarely, if ever, be used for trauma-induced conditions.

fulminant

Medtalk adjective Abrupt, intense, critical

ful·mi·nant

(ful'mi-nănt)

Occurring suddenly, with lightninglike rapidity, and with great intensity or severity (e.g., shooting pain).
Compare: fulgurant

[L. fulmino, pp. -atus, to hurl lightning, fr. fulmen, lightning]

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Fulminant

Occurring or flaring up suddenly and with great severity. A potentially fatal complication of amebic dysentery is an inflammation of the colon known as fulminant colitis.

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ful·mi·nant

(ful'mi-nănt)

Occurring suddenly, with lightninglike rapidity, and with great intensity or severity.

[L. fulmino, pp. -atus, to hurl lightning, fr. fulmen, lightning]

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bethesdensis strain, showing an identical 16S sequence to a previously described fulminant strain from Europe, was more virulent and lethal in a mouse model than the G.

Fatal Meningitis in Patient with X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease Caused by Virulent Granulibacter bethesdensis

JDS classifies T1DM as fulminant, acute onset or slowly progressive T1DM based upon the clinical presentation and progression.9 Acute onset T1DM includes a subset named as acute onset T1DM (autoimmune).

Classification of type 1 diabetes (T1DM)

Most common complication noted was fulminant hepatic failure followed by acute pancreatitis.

CLINICAL PROFILE OF ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS- A AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BAD OUTCOME

Goggins, "Fulminant Clostridium perfringens sepsis in kidney transplant: a case report," Transplantation Proceedings, vol.

Clostridium perfringens Septicemia and a Bleeding Ulcer of a Jejunal Interposition: A Case Report and Short Review of the Literature

Suppl Table 1: genotype and geographical distribution of fulminant and acute hepatitis B.

Novel Genetic Variants of Hepatitis B Virus in Fulminant Hepatitis

Hruban et al., "Long-term outcome of fulminant myocarditis as compared with acute (nonfulminant) myocarditis," The New England Journal of Medicine, vol.

A Fatal Case of Influenza B Myocarditis with Cardiac Tamponade

Reynes, "Fulminant varicella hepatitis in a human immunodeficiency virus infected patient: Case report and review of the literature," Infectious Diseases, vol.

Acute Liver Failure due to Disseminated Varicella Zoster Infection

Patients with XLP1 have extreme vulnerability to EBV infections, with the risk of severe fulminant infectious mononucleosis, secondary malignancy, HLH, and death.

EBV Infection in XLP1 Manifested Solely by Behavioral Aggression and Effective Treatment Using Rituximab

With a presumptive diagnosis of fulminant acute myocarditis, right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) was performed disclosing a lymphocytic infiltrate with focal myocyte necrosis along with immunohistochemical stain for CD3 demonstrating presence of T cells (Figure 2).

An Out-of-Season Case of Coxsackie B Myocarditis with Severe Rhabdomyolysis

There are around 19 cases described to date of fulminant diabetes in 6 male and 13 female patients after receiving antiPD-1 agents with either nivolumab or pembrolizumab, with or without other chemotherapeutic drugs, for different types of advanced cancers like melanoma, small and nonsmall cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Fulminant Diabetes in a Patient with Advanced Melanoma on Nivolumab

When a cadaveric liver became available for this child there was a 14-year-old, blood type A positive, 50 kg male in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with fulminant hepatic failure secondary to hepatitis of unknown etiology.

Domino Liver Transplantation from a Child with Propionic Acidemia to a Child with Idiopathic Fulminant Hepatic Failure