Lemierre syndrome variant: Staphylococcus aureus associated with thrombosis of both the right internal jugular vein and the splenic vein after the exploration of a river cave

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-154

  Boga, Can ^a   Ozdogu, Hakan ^a   Diri, Banu ^a   Oguzkurt, Levent ^a   Asma, Suheyl ^a   Yeral, Mahmut ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cave; Internal jugular vein thrombosis; Lemierre syndrome; Splenic vein thrombosis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BITERAL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; ORNIDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENOMEGALY; SWELLING; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TONSILLITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; RIVERS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPLENIC VEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 33947232180     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-006-9050-3     Document Type: Article

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