Orbital Dissemination of Lemierre Syndrome From Gram-Positive Septic Emboli

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages e67-e68

  Kahn, Jonathan B ^a   Baharestani, Samuel ^a   Beck, Heather C ^a   Ng, Diana ^a   Zoumalan, Christopher I ^a   Warren, Floyd A ^a   Palu, Richard N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHEMOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYE PAIN; EYE SWELLING; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT CELLULITIS; ORBIT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ABSCESS; BACTEREMIA; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; ORBITAL DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79957872573     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: 15372677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181e99e9d     Document Type: Article

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