Fusobacterium necrophorum tonsillitis: An important cause of tonsillitis in adolescents and young adults

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 266.e1-266.e3

  Jensen, A ^a   Hansen, T M ^b   Bank, S ^b   Kristensen, L H ^b   Prag, J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Centor Criteria; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Lemierre syndrome; Tonsillitis; Haemolytic streptococci

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932111651     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.09.020     Document Type: Article

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