Lemierre's syndrome presenting with septic shock

Lemierre's syndrome is a rare condition characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and metastatic abscesses following oropharyngeal infection. Though classically caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, a number of other causative organisms have been reported in literatur...

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Autores principales: Marulasiddappa, Vinay, Tejesh, C. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24501493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.123460
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description Lemierre's syndrome is a rare condition characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and metastatic abscesses following oropharyngeal infection. Though classically caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, a number of other causative organisms have been reported in literature. We report a case of Lemierre's syndrome following parapharyngeal abscess due to staphylococcus aureus which progressed to septic shock.
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spelling pubmed-39025762014-02-05 Lemierre's syndrome presenting with septic shock Marulasiddappa, Vinay Tejesh, C. A. Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Lemierre's syndrome is a rare condition characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and metastatic abscesses following oropharyngeal infection. Though classically caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, a number of other causative organisms have been reported in literature. We report a case of Lemierre's syndrome following parapharyngeal abscess due to staphylococcus aureus which progressed to septic shock. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3902576/ /pubmed/24501493 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.123460 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Lemierre's syndrome presenting with septic shock
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title_short Lemierre's syndrome presenting with septic shock
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24501493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.123460
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