Clinicopathological conference: Lemierre's syndrome

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-157

  Ochoa, Roberto ^a   Goldstein, Jessica ^b   Rubin, Rachel ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ENOXAPARIN; FAMOTIDINE; IBUPROFEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MECLOZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN; CREATININE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOCORIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HEADACHE; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; SYNDROME; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 12844271337     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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