An unusual cause of an 'acute abdomen'

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 878, 1998, Pages 749-751

  Satchell, S C ^a   Riordan, T ^b   Beaman, M ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium necrophorum; Lemierre's syndrome; Necrobacillosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG ABSCESS; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEPTICEMIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0032408154     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.74.878.749     Document Type: Article

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