Fusobacterium septicemia complicated by cerebral subdural and epidural empyemas: A rare case of lemierre syndrome

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 671-673

  Teng, Hao Wen ^a   Chen, Chia Yuen ^a   Chen, Huan Chieh ^a   Chung, Wen Ting ^a   Lee, Wen Sen ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

central nervous system; epidural empyema; internal jugular vein thrombophlebitis; Lemierre syndrome; subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

CEFPIROME; GLUCOSE; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTEIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL EMPYEMA; EXUDATE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTION; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN THROMBOPHLEBITIS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEPTICEMIA; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRANIOTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84867332791     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.04.033     Document Type: Article

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