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Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 2005 Lemierre's syndrome is characterized by acute oropharyngeal infection with documented septicemia complicated by septic jugular thrombophlebitis and septic pulmonary emboli. Fusobacterium necrophorum is the most common etiologic agent. We report a previously apparently healthy 22-year-old man who presented with fever, sore throat and purulent ...
Lin, Chih-Hung +4 more
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A Life‐Threatening Pharyngeal Infection: Lemierre’s Syndrome
Case Reports in Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.A previously healthy 28‐year‐old woman who developed pharyngeal, pulmonary, and ocular manifestations due to Lemierre’s syndrome is reported. High‐grade fever, severe sore throat, neck pain, and diarrhea were the initial symptoms. Worsening of these symptoms following oral azithromycin therapy prompted the patient to present to our hospital’s emergency
Alejandro Mario de la Paz-Estrello +7 more
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Grave Complication of Pharyngitis: Lemierre syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Fusobacterium necrophorum is the causative agent in the pharyngitis. After invasion of the oropharyngeal mucosa by the organism leads to the development of the grave complications like superficial thrombophlebitis of internal jugular vein, septic emboli
Suthar Pokhraj Prakashchandra +4 more
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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Background: Trueperella bernardiae is a Gram‐positive rod that has been described as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. In a significant number of documented cases, infections with Trueperella bernardiae have been associated with polymicrobial infections, which highlight the fact that important bacteria–bacteria relations might be
Marco Antonio Delaye-Martínez +7 more
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A Novel Account of the 'Forgotten Disease'
Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, 2020 Introduction Septic thrombophlebitis of Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) secondary to head neck infection, demonstrated by Lemierre in 1936, is a rare although known entity.
Saikat Samaddar +3 more
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Isolated Facial Vein Thrombophlebitis Caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum: A Lemierre‐Variant Case
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Background: Lemierre’s syndrome is an uncommon yet potentially fatal infection, classically secondary to bacterial pharyngeal infections. It is typically characterized by bacteremia, most frequently due to Fusobacterium necrophorum and internal jugular vein thrombophlebitis.
Nicole Oska +6 more
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Point‐of‐care ultrasound for Lemierre's syndrome during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A case report
Journal of General and Family Medicine, Volume 25, Issue 5, Page 274-276, September 2024.We report a case in which an internal jugular vein thrombus was detected using point‐of‐care ultrasonography (POCUS), leading to the diagnosis of Lemierre's syndrome. During the COVID‐19 pandemic, POCUS was a simple and non‐invasive technique for screening Lemierre's syndrome without radiation and low droplet exposure. Abstract Lemierre's syndrome is a
Yosuke Kawai, Kei Nishiyama
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Journal of General and Family Medicine, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 292-296, July 2025.
Takao Wakabayashi +5 more
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Collateral pathways arising from internal jugular venous occlusion in Lemierre's syndrome
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2024.Key Clinical Message The use of anticoagulants in Lemierre's syndrome is not well‐defined, lacking clear evidence for their efficacy. This report describes a patient with complete occlusion of the internal jugular vein by a thrombus who did not develop expected complications due to the formation of collateral venous channels.
Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Nobuyoshi Mori
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