Fusobacterium necrophorum bacteremic tonsillitis: 2 Cases and a review of the literature

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 626-628

  Centor, Robert M ^a   Geiger, Patricia ^b   Waites, Ken B ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium; Lemierre syndrome; Pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NECK PAIN; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; MALE; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM;

EID: 78650582024     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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