Lemierre's Syndrome: The Forgotten Disease. An Unusual Presentation of Sepsis

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-73

  Ritter, M ^a   Tebbe, J ^a   Battmann, A ^a   Gorg C ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium; Jugular vein thrombosis; Lemierre's syndrome; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JUGULAR VEIN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEPSIS; SORE THROAT; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1442301557     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45242     Document Type: Article

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