Lemierre's syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes in an elderly woman

Lemierre's syndrome is characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. It typically presents in healthy adolescents or young adults, usually preceded by an oropharyngeal infection, with the most common offending pathogen being Fusobacterium necrophorum. We present a case...

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Autores principales: Siddique, Mustafa Khaleel, Chang, Grace, Lagmay, Victor, Shih, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32055760
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.11.007

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32055760
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.11.007

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