A rare cause of sepsis in an 18 year old. Lemierre's syndrome with external jugular thrombosis

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Morris, Patrick ^a   O'Sullivan, E ^b   Choo, M ^b   Barry, C ^b   Thompson, C J ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUSHING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JUGULAR VEIN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; NECK PAIN; PAPULE; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SORE THROAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33646182461     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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