Lemierre syndrome variant: Hepatic abscesses and hepatic venous thrombosis due to Fusobacterium nucleatum septicemia;Un variant du syndrome de Lemierre : abcès hépatiques et thrombose veineuse sus-hépatique secondaire à une septicémie à Fusobacterium nucleatum

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 482-486

  Le Roux, K ^a   Seve P ^a   Gomard, E ^a   Boibieux, A ^b   Beziat, C ^a   Stankovic, K ^a   Broussolle, C ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium nucleatum; Hepatic venous thrombosis; Lemierre syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PANCREAS; PNEUMONIA; PROSTHESIS; SEPTICEMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PANCREAS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744780163     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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