Lemierre's syndrome: Three cases and a review

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 651-654

  Dool, Hans ^a   Soetekouw, Robin ^a   Van Zanten, Marieke ^a   Grooters, Edward ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium necrophorum; Lemierre's syndrome; Oropharyngeal infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; METASTASIS; OROPHARYNX; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 23944440895     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0880-3     Document Type: Review

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