Lemierre's syndrome secondary to Fusobacterium necrophorum infection, a rare cause of hepatic abscess

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 444-446

  Thoufeeq, Muhammed Hameed ^a   Salloum, Waleed ^a   Win, Su Su ^a   Sinha, Leena ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium species; Hepatic abscess; Lemierre's syndrome; Sore throat

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76049114703     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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