Lemierre syndrome in a 5-month-old male infant: Case report and review of the pediatric literature

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Aspesberro, François ^a   Siebler, Thomas ^b   Van Nieuwenhuyse, Jean Paul ^a   Panosetti, Eugène ^a   Berthet, Françoise ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE DU CANCER   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Internal jugular vein thrombosis; Lateral sinus thrombosis; Lemierre syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; D DIMER; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PROTHROMBIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; JUGULAR VEIN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LATERAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OTITIS MEDIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60849122285     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31817319fa     Document Type: Article

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