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Just a simple case of tonsillitis? Lemierre’s Syndrome and thrombosis of the external jugular vein.

Oropharyngeal infections are routinely encountered within general practice and accident and emergency departments. Most settle with simple analgesia and antibiotics; occasionally such patients may develop Lemierre’s syndrome (LS) a rare and potentially fatal sequela that can be easily overlooked. We...

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Autores principales: Hutson, KH, Fleming, JC, McGilligan, JA
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24950577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2011.4.6