Lemierre's Syndrome: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Finds a New Home

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-134

  Bentley, Thomas P ^a   Brennan, Daniel F ^a,b,c  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lemierre's syndrome; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; septic emboli; septic thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IBUPROFEN; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MONOCYTE; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; NECK PAIN; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OROPHARYNX; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TORTICOLLIS; ULTRASOUND; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 67651181020     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.07.066     Document Type: Article

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