Septic internal jugular vein thrombosis and lemierre's syndrome;Thrombophlébite septique de la veine jugulaire interne et syndrome de lemierre

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-9

  Bouton, F ^a,b   Cotils, M ^a   Genard, M ^a   Hubert, Cl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG COMBINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; TONSILLITIS;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HEPARIN; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; METRONIDAZOLE; PHARYNGITIS; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; TONSILLITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0031994487     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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