Critical care nurses be aware: Lemierre's syndrome is on the rise

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 126-132

  Jane, Roseanne ^a   Johnson, Patricia ^b  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JUGULAR VEIN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NECK; NURSING; PHARYNX DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; NECK; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542434900     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(05)80035-9     Document Type: Article

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