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Lemierre syndrome from a neck abscess due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013
Lemierre syndrome is characterized by acute septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IJV) that develops after an oropharyngeal infection, and can be complicated by septic emboli to lungs and other organs. The most frequent causative agent is
Agarwal Abhishek, Singla Sandeep, Pandey Tarun   +2 more
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Lemierre Syndrome Associated with Streptococcus constellatus and Atypical Vascular Involvement: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]

Infectious Disease Reports
Background: Lemierre syndrome is a rare and life-threatening disease. It is characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, historically associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum infection.
Luca Pipitò, Antonio Anastasia, Fabrizio Passalacqua, Giulio D’Agati, Floriana Di Figlia, Benedetta Romanin, Silvia Bonura, Raffaella Rubino, Agostino Inzerillo, Caterina Sarno, Antonio Cascio   +10 more
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Lemierre′s syndrome: A rare entity with classical findings on computed tomography

Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2015
Lemierre′s syndrome is a form of septic thrombophlebitis characterized by internal jugular vein thrombosis and septic emboli caused by Fusobacterium species which follows a spell of pharyngotonsillits.
Chandan Kakkar, Ritu Galhotra, Kavita Saggar, Anurag Arora   +3 more
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From rare to aware: confronting Lemierre syndrome. [PDF]

Bleeding, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
Lemierre syndrome is a life-threatening condition characterized by an acute head/neck bacterial infection due to anaerobes (namely Fusobacterium necrophorum), local septic vein thrombosis and distance septic embolism...
Silvia Cardi, Filippo Catalani, Luca Valerio, Stefano Barco   +3 more
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A Rare and Dangerous Combination of COVID-19, Lemierre Syndrome, and Carotid Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report [PDF]

Vascular Specialist International
Lemierre syndrome is a rare complication of oropharyngeal infection that causes septic thrombophlebitis in the internal jugular vein. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this condition has been dangerously overlooked and poses an even greater ...
Panagitsa Christoforou, Costas Constantinou, Christos Kounnos, Konstantinos Kapoulas, Marios Salloumis, Georgios Pantelas, Linos Hadjihannas   +6 more
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Lemierre Syndrome involving Schaalia (Formerly Actinomyces) odontolyticus due to injection drug use into the neck [PDF]

IDCases
Lemierre Syndrome, septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein following oropharyngeal infection, is classically caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum and associated with septic emboli.
Roohali A. Sukhavasi, Nina J. Gao, Christopher J. Smith, Sarah A. Schmalzle   +3 more
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Ophthalmic complications of Lemierre syndrome [PDF]

, 2022
Purpose: Lemierre syndrome is a life-threatening condition characterized by head/neck bacterial infection, local suppurative thrombophlebitis and septic embolic complications in a range of sites of distant organs. No prior study focused on the course and
Righini, Christian, Federica Zane, Sacco, Clara,, Kreuzpointner, Robert,, Corsi, Gabriele,, Holm, Karin,, Luca Valerio, Karin Holm, Clara Sacco, Barco, Stefano,, Zane, Federica, Gabriele Corsi, Christian Righini, Corsi, Gabriele, Sandrine Zweifel, Kreuzpointner, Robert, Pecci, Alessandro,, Stefano Barco, Zweifel, Sandrine, Holm, Karin, Valerio, Luca, Sacco, Clara, Righini, Christian,, Robert Kreuzpointner, Pecci, Alessandro, Alessandro Pecci, Zweifel, Sandrine,, Valerio, Luca,, Barco, Stefano, Lund University., Zane, Federica,   +30 more
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An unusual case of Lemierre syndrome – One pathogen or two?

IDCases, 2021
Lemierre syndrome, or septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, is a rare disease that affects healthy young adults following an episode of pharyngitis or other upper respiratory disease.
Michael O’Shaughnessy, Dariel Irizarry, Diana Finkel   +2 more
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Síndrome de Lemierre: relato de caso Lemierre syndrome: case report

Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2010
A síndrome de Lemierre é uma doença rara, mais comum em jovens, causada frequentemente pelo Fusobacterium necrophorum. Inicia-se com faringite e propaga-se até a veia jugular interna, promovendo uma fonte de bacteremia contínua e êmbolos sépticos ...
Gustavo Ioshio Handa, Giorgio Sfredo Bertuzzo, Karin S. Muller, Ana Cláudia Dambinski, Vinicius Zendrini Buzingnani, Lucas Marques Mantovani, Andressa Hubar Patriani, Denise Krauss   +7 more
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Lemierre's syndrome [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Lemierre’s syndrome is caused by an acute oropharyngeal infection with secondary septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and frequent metastatic infections.
Marek Stefan, Daniel Klika, Ales Chrdle, Petr Smejkal, Michal Holub   +4 more
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