Case report: Atypical Lemierre's disease secondary to Porphyromonas asaccharolytica

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-400

  Sharma, Dolly ^a   Rouphael, Nadine ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium necrophorum; Internal jugular vein thrombosis; Lemierre's disease; Porphyromonas asaccharolytica

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; HEMOLYSIN; LEUKOCIDIN; MEROPENEM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NECK PAIN; ODYNOPHAGIA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS ASACCHAROLYTICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; PORPHYROMONAS; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67651111985     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283294c5e     Document Type: Review

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