Lemierre's Syndrome Associated with Septic Pulmonay Embolism: A Case Report

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-245

  Gormus, Niyazi ^a,b   Durgut, Kadir ^a,b   Ozergin, Ufuk ^a,b   Odev, Kemal ^a,b   Solak, Hasan ^a,b  

^a Selcuk University ^*

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME; IMIPENEM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NADROPARIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG EMBOLISM; NECK TUMOR; OROPHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; SEPSIS; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 1942444700     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0089-8     Document Type: Article

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