Lemierre's syndrome presenting with peritonsillar abscess and VIth cranial nerve palsy

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 502-504

  Jones, C ^a   Siva, T M ^a   Seymour, F K ^a,b   O'Reilly, B J ^a  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Top Flat   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abducens Nerve Diseases; Jugular Veins; Peritonsillar Abscess; Venous Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLITIS; ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; FOLLOW UP; JUGULAR VEIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SYNDROME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METRONIDAZOLE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SYNDROME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750134164     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002221510600034X     Document Type: Article

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