Lemierre syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes [1]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1208-1209

  Wilson, Paul ^a,c   Tierney, Lex ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TONSILLITIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 26444478186     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/444565     Document Type: Letter

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