Lemierre syndrome: A case of postanginal sepsis

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-214

  Seo, Young Tak ^a   Kim, Mi Jin ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Ha, Byung Wook ^a   Choi, Hyo Sun ^a   Kim, Yong Tai ^b   Ham, Young Hwan ^a  

^a Hong ik Hospital   (South Korea)

^b National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fever; Sepsis; Thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFMETAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; PALPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RIGOR; SEPSIS; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 36549052747     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2007.22.3.211     Document Type: Article

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