Lemierre's syndrome: The link between a simple sore throat, sore neck and pleuritic chest pain

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-305

  Ajulo, P O ^a,b   Qayyum, A ^a   Brewis, C ^a   Innes, A ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jugular vein; Oropharynx; Sepsis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NECK; PLEURISY; SEPSIS; SORE THROAT; SPECIES; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TONSILLITIS;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; CHEST PAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; NECK; PHARYNGITIS; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 22944469731     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/1478708051757     Document Type: Article

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