Lemierre syndrome caused by group C streptococci and associated with red cell aplasia and immune thrombocytopenia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-246

  Mewawalla, Prerna ^a   Bauer, Frank ^b   Dasanu, Constantin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; INFUSION FLUID; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DETERIORATION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE APLASIA; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; JUGULAR VEIN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MYALGIA; NECK RASH; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; SUBMANDIBULAR SWELLING; SWELLING; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRISMUS; UREMIA;

HUMANS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952183420     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31820604b7     Document Type: Letter

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