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Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2000 Lemierre's syndrome is characterized by an oropharyngeal infection followed by internal jugular vein septic thrombophlebitis and metastatic emboli, most often to the lungs and joints. The syndrome is most commonly associated with the anaerobic gram-negative rod Fusobacterium necrophorum.
, Armstrong, , Spooner, , Sanders
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013 Lemierre's syndrome is a condition characterized by thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and bacteremia caused by primarily anaerobic organisms, following a recent oropharyngeal infection. This has been an uncommon illness in the era of antibiotic therapy, though it has been reported with increasing frequency in the past 15 years.
Eilbert, Wesley, Singla, Nitin
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Lemierre syndrome caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae complicated by epidural abscess – Case report
IDCases, 2020 Klebsiella pneumoniae is an extremely rare case of the Lemierre syndrome, which is characterized as septic thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein as a consequence of oropharyngeal infection.
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Practical Neurology, 2021 Lemierre’s syndrome is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition that follows an oropharyngeal infection, typically from Fusobacterium necrophorum, and usually affects healthy adolescents or young adults. The characteristic features are septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and septic embolism leading to multiorgan involvement ...
Eng Chuan Foo +3 more
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Lemierre Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient with Nephrotic Syndrome: a Case Report
Panorama of Emergency Medicine, 2023 Lemierre syndrome is a rare thrombotic complication of head and neck infections. Nephrotic syndrome is sometimes treated by immunosuppressive medications that can present with severe infections without a fever.
Chady El Tawil +3 more
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American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020 Purpose: To describe a patient with Streptococcus constellatus-associated Lemierre syndrome complicated by eventual cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) that manifested as an isolated abducens nerve palsy.
Landon J. Rohowetz +4 more
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An atypical presentation of lemierre syndrome of urogenital source
IDCases, 2021 Lemierre syndrome has classically been described as septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular veins resulting from primary oropharyngeal disease caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. However, many cases have been reported of the syndrome originating
Abhishek Thakur, Wenjing Chen
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Lemierre Syndrome: A Meta-analysis
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020 Introduction Lemierre syndrome, or postpharyngitis anaerobic sepsis, is an infrequent but life-threatening infection that often involves thrombosis of the internal jugular vein.
Mitchell R. Gore
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Lemierre’s syndrome in a child
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Lemierre’s Syndrome (LS) is a rare syndrome most frequently due to an anaerobic organism, Fusobacterium Necrophorum. It is commonly a complication of an acute oropharyngeal infection, but there are exceptions to its presentations. In our case the cause of LS was otitis media caused by Streptococcus species.
Hemani, Fatima +3 more
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Epstein-Barr virus as promoter of Lemierre syndrome: systematic literature review. [PDF]
Eur Arch OtorhinolaryngolPurpose: To investigate a possible link between acute Epstein-Barr virus infection and Lemierre syndrome, a rare yet life-threatening infection. Methods: A systematic review was conducted adhering to the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic ...
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