A case of Lemierre's syndrome with septic shock and complicated parapneumonic effusions requiring intrapleural fibrinolysis

Lemierre's syndrome is a septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, which can lead to severe systemic illness. We report a case of an otherwise healthy 26-year-old man who suffered from pharyngitis followed by septic shock requiring intubation and vasopressor support from Fusobacteri...

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Autores principales: Croft, Daniel P., Philippo, Sean M., Prasad, Paritosh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26744664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.007

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26744664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.007

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