SINDROM WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SINDROM WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN, [Rupert Waterhouse, medic engkz, 1873-1958; Carl Friderichsea, pediatm danez, n. 1886.} Stare septica grava, produsa eel mai adesea de menin-gococ si caracterizata prin *purpura febrila cutanata si visce-rala, cu *colaps cardiovascular si 'suprarenalita hemoragica. V. si purpura fulminans.