Lemierre syndrome with meningo-encephalitis, severe cerebral artery stenosis, and focal neurological symptoms

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Vincent, Quentin B ^a   Labedan, Isabelle ^a   Madhi, Fouad ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIVITAMIN K; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENURESIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MENINGISM; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPHILIA; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OTITIS; OTORRHEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEPSIS; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955301067     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.02.041     Document Type: Article

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