Lemierre's syndrome and septicaemia caused solely by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in a young immunocompetent patient

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1645-1648

  Fernández Suárez, Antonio ^a   Benítez, José Miguel Aguilar ^a   Vidal, Antonia María López ^a   Iglesias, José Miguel Díaz ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ALTO GUADALQUIVIR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; DIPYRONE; ENOXAPARIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARCANOBACTERIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CHOLURIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ENT EXAMINATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LIVER FAILURE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYALGIA; PHARYNGITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; SORE THROAT; STRIDOR; TONSILLITIS; URINALYSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACENOCOUMAROL; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; SEPSIS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449086333     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007492-0     Document Type: Article

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