Cerebral infarct and meningitis secondary to Lemierre's syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-283

  Bentham, Jamie R ^a   Pollard, Andrew J ^a   Milford, Christopher A ^a   Anslow, Philip ^a,b   Pike, Mike G ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTERNAL CAPSULE; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEPSIS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SPHENOID SINUS; SPHENOID SINUSITIS; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 1842850799     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Courmont P, Cade A. Sur une septico-pyohémie de l'homme simulant la pests et causée par un streptobacille anaérobie. Méd Exp et d'Anat Pathol No 4, 1900
2. Lemierre A. On certain septicaemias due to anaerobic organisms. Lancet. i:1936;701-703.
3. Brazier J.S., Hall V., Yusuf E., Duerden B.I. Fusobacterium necrophorum infections in England and Wales 1990-2000. J Med Microbiol. 51:2002;269-272.
4. Eykyn SJ. Necrobacillosis. Scand J Infect Dis 1989;62:41-6
5. Henry S., DeMaria A., McCabe W.R. Bacteremia due to Fusobacterium species. Am J Med. 75:1983;225-231.
6. Sinave C.P., Hardy G.J., Fardy P.W. The Lemierre syndrome Suppurative thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein secondary to oropharyngeal infection. Medicine. 68:1989;85-94.
7. Alston J.M. Necrobacillosis in Great Britain. Br Med J. ii:1955;1524-1528.
8. Adams J., Capistrant T., Crossley K., Johanssen R., Liston S. Fusobacterium necrophorum septicaemia. JAMA. 250:1983;35.
9. Islam A.K., Shneerson J.M. Primary meningitis caused by Bacteroides fragilis and Fusobacterium necrophorum. Postgrad Med J. 56:1980;351-353.
10. Duerden B.I., Yassa J.G., Taitz L.S. Anaerobic meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis. J Med Microbiol. 13:1980;p.XXIV.
11. O'Grady L.R., Ralph E.D. Anaerobic meningitis and bacteraemia caused by fusobacterium sepsis. Am J Dis Child. 130:1976;871-873.
12. Tarnvik A. Anaerobic meningitis in children. Eur J Clin Microbiol. 5:1986;271-274.
13. Jones T.H., Bergvall V., Bradshaw J.P.P. Carotid artery stenoses and thrombosis secondary to cavernous sinus thromboses in Fusobacterium meningitis. Postgrad Med J. 66:1990;747-750.
14. Clifford-Jones R.E., Ellis C.J.K., Stevens J.M., Turner A. Cavernous sinus thrombosis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 43:1967;409-414.
15. Horose M., Kiyoyama H., Ogawa H., Shinjo T. Aggregation of bovine platelets by Fusobacterium necrophorum. Vet Microbiol. 32:(3-4):1992;343-350.
16. Maalikjy Akkawi N., Borroni B., Magoni M., Vignolo L., Padovani A. Lemierre's syndrome complicated by carotid thrombosis. Neurol Sci. 22:2001;403-404.