Bilateral jugular thrombosis in Lemierre syndrome;Un cas de syndrome de Lemierre avec thrombose veineuse jugulaire bilatérale

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1071-1074

  Benhayoun, M ^a   Llor, J ^a   Van Den Abbeele, T ^a   Elmaleh, M ^a   Mariani, P ^a   Beaufils, F ^a   Dauger, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Jugular veins; Pneumonia; Sinusitis; Thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; HEPARIN DERIVATIVE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVOLUTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN THROMBOSIS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG DISEASE; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PHARYNGITIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RHINOSINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; SUPERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0346252234     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2003.09.046     Document Type: Article

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