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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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Autores principales: Kushawaha, Anurag, Popalzai, Mohammed, El-Charabaty, Eli, Mobarakai, Neville
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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