An unusual case of lemierre's syndrome presenting as pyomyositis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 499-501

  Crum Cianflone, Nancy ^a   Mayer, Richard ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Infectious Diseases Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium; Lemierre's syndrome; Pyomyositis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATINE KINASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIARRHEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FASCIITIS; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PYOMYOSITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PYOMYOSITIS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47749093897     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318157d3c7     Document Type: Article

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