Lemierre's syndrome: Still an important clinical entity

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-301

  Ravn, Tomaas ^a   Huniche, Bo ^b   Breum, Leif ^b   Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FATALITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33744826036     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500349000     Document Type: Article

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