Fusobacterium necrophorum Septicemia Leading to Lemierre’s Syndrome in an Immunocompetent Individual: A Case Report

Lemierre syndrome is a life-threatening condition associated with infection by obligate anaerobes residing in oropharyngeal mucosa. The most common organism responsible is Fusobacterium necrophorum. We report a case in a 69-year-old gentleman. The man with past medical history of hypertension, anxie...

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Autores principales: Surapaneni, Balarama K, Omar, Hanad, Iguina, Michele M, Suarez, Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7105036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257727
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7443

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7105036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257727
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7443

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