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Lemierre's syndrome, reemergence of a forgotten disease: a case report
Lemierre's syndrome is a rare disorder of young adults caused by the anaerobic bacterium, Fusobacterium necrophorum and occasionally by other Fusobacterium species (F. nucleatum, F. mortiferum and F. varium etc). The condition is characterized by a primary oropharyngeal infection with evidence...
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20181152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-6397 |