Cerebral infarctions and brain abscess due to Lemierre syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 653-656

  Warabi, Yoko Shibasaki ^a,b   Yoshikawa, Hiroko ^a   Idezuka, Jiro ^a   Yamazaki, Motoyoshi ^a   Onishi, Yoji ^a  

^a NIIGATA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cerebral infarction; Lemierre syndrome; Metronidazole; Septic embolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN PHOSPHATE; HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THROAT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21644484240     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.653     Document Type: Article

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