Lemierre Syndrome: A case of a rarely isolated microorganism, Staphylococcus auerus

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Ceylan, Berit Gokge ^a,b   Yavuz, Lutfi ^a   Baydar, Cetin Lutfi ^a   Tuz, Mustafa ^a   Eroglu, Fusun ^a   Kiris, Ilker ^a   Akcam, Fusun Zeynep ^a   Erdem, Bulent ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Sulubey Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium necrophorum; Postanginal sepsis; Staphylococcus auerus

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HEPARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 65949093029     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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