Fusobacterium necrophorum-induced sepsis: An unusual case of Lemierre's syndrome

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 572-575

  Kuduvalli, Preeti M ^a,b   Jukka, C M ^a   Stallwood, M ^a   Battersby, C ^a   Neal, T ^a   Masterson, G ^a   Marx, G ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hawthorne House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Intensive care; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INOTROPISM; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG CAVITATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG; MALE; PLEURA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 16844375691     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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