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Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Cloaked Dagger

Lemierre’s syndrome is a condition characterized by septicemia, with bacteremia, thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IJV), and septic embolization to distant organs following a recent upper respiratory infection (URI). Fusobacterium necrophorum, an anaerobic Gram-negative rod, has been mo...

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Autores principales: Osifo, Samuelson E, Umolu, Akhabue G, Perera, Wayomi R, Howlett, David C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37065315
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36087