Lemierre syndrome in a previously healthy young girl

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 631-633

  Figueras Nadal, C ^a   Creus, A ^a   Beatobe, S ^a   Moraga, F ^a   Pujol, M ^a   Vazquez, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fusobacterial sepsis; Internal jugular septic thrombophlebitis; Lemierre syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM; HEAD; HEADACHE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALAISE; NECK; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041419525     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb02520.x     Document Type: Article

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