Is this a variant of Lemierre's syndrome?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1092-1095

  Singaporewalla, Reyaz M ^a   Clarke, M J ^b   Krishnan, P U ^b   Tan, D E L ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Radiology ^*

Author keywords

Internal jugular vein thrombophlebitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Lemierre's syndrome; Neck cellulitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; INSULIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; NECK;

AGED; CELLULITIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 33845442480     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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