Lemierre syndrome complicating otitis externa: Case report and literature review

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hile, Lisa M ^a   Gibbons, Mark D ^b   Hile, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Carl R Darnall Army Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Lemierre; otitis externa; Peptococcus anaerobius; septic thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; LEVOFLOXACIN; SULBACTAM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84859717244     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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