Lemierre syndrome: A rare disease affecting previously healthy, young individuals

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1190-

  Tran, Duc ^a   Maradia, Kuldeep ^a   Montero, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTION; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RARE DISEASE; SORE THROAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME;

EID: 78549240530     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181f1edb7     Document Type: Letter

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