Lemierre's syndrome with paradoxical emboli

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1433-1436

  Aljohaney, Ahmed ^a   McCarthy, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Emboli; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Lemierre's; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; LIVER ENZYME; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; SYNDROME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954969074     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3263     Document Type: Article

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