Lemierre's syndrome due to community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and presenting with orbital cellulitis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kadhiravan, Tamilarasu ^a   Piramanayagam, Paramasivan ^a   Banga, Amit ^a   Gupta, Rajiva ^a   Sharma, Surendra K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; SULPERAZON; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE PAIN; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG EMBOLISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; SCINTIPHLEBOGRAPHY; SORE THROAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 61349156229     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-374     Document Type: Article

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