Community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and lemierre syndrome

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 338, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-327

  Bilal, Muhammad ^a   Cleveland, Kerry O ^a   Gelfand, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lemierre syndrome; MRSA; Postanginal sepsis; Septic thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HEPARIN; IBUPROFEN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PAIN; POSTANGINAL SEPSIS; SEPSIS; SIGMOID SINUS THROMBOSIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350152834     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181a9302b     Document Type: Article

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