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Lemierre Syndrome
Lemierre syndrome is caused by acute oropharyngeal infections with secondary septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and is characterized by frequent metastatic infections. A 56-year-old man presented with severe reddish inflammatory swelling of the right cervical soft tissue. Thrombophlebitis in the right internal jugular vein and multiple pulmonary embolisms were identified on ne...
متن کاملLemierre syndrome.
Lemierre syndrome is an uncommon disease which commonly arise from acute bacterial oropharyngeal infection. This disease was first described in 1900 by Courmont and Cade Lemierre. It is commonly caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. Lemierre syndrome has been reported to be serious and potentially fatal in the preantibiotic era. It is characterized by an oropharyngeal infection leading to second...
متن کامل[Lemierre syndrome].
al oropharyngeal infection that causes septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and frequent secondary metastatic infections. Also known as necrobacillosis and postanginal septicemia, the syndrome was initially described in 1900 by Courmont and Cade.1 Lemierre, however, provided the first extensive review of cases and description of the syndrome.1 Since the introduction of antibioti...
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Arcanobacterium haemolyticum was isolated from the blood cultures of a previously healthy 37-year-old man who met all the criteria of Lemierre syndrome, including a primary oropharyngeal infection, evidence of thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, and metastatic infections. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of Lemierre syndrome caused by A. haemolyticum in Korea and ...
متن کاملLemierre Syndrome: A Case Report
life-threatening disease that occurs after an episode of pharyngotonsilitis. It consists of septic thrombosis of the internal jugular vein and bacteremia, and this can lead to septic pulmonary emboli and metastatic abscesses. In the preantibiotic era, Lemierre syndrome was common and it often followed a fulminant course with a mortality rate of 90% (1). The incidence of Lemierre syndrome has si...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0929-6646
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.10.005