Lemierre’s Syndrome: Case Presentation of a Rare and Possibly Life-Threatening Condition

Lemierre’s syndrome is, presently, a very rare condition, but a life-threatening one. The syndrome was first described in 1936 by Andre Lemierre and comprises an oropharyngeal infection (most commonly associated with anaerobic bacteria Fusobacterium necrophorum), internal jugular vein thrombophlebit...

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Autores principales: Giubelan, Lucian, Dragonu, Livia, Pădureanu, Vlad, Neacșu, Alexandru, Mănescu, Mirela, Stoian, Andreea Cristina, Dumitrescu, Florentina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684139
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101102
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author Giubelan, Lucian
Dragonu, Livia
Pădureanu, Vlad
Neacșu, Alexandru
Mănescu, Mirela
Stoian, Andreea Cristina
Dumitrescu, Florentina
author_facet Giubelan, Lucian
Dragonu, Livia
Pădureanu, Vlad
Neacșu, Alexandru
Mănescu, Mirela
Stoian, Andreea Cristina
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description Lemierre’s syndrome is, presently, a very rare condition, but a life-threatening one. The syndrome was first described in 1936 by Andre Lemierre and comprises an oropharyngeal infection (most commonly associated with anaerobic bacteria Fusobacterium necrophorum), internal jugular vein thrombophlebitis and, possibly, secondary septic metastasis (common sites are lungs or brain). We describe such a rare case diagnosed at our Infectious Diseases Department in September 2019.
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spelling pubmed-85374632021-10-24 Lemierre’s Syndrome: Case Presentation of a Rare and Possibly Life-Threatening Condition Giubelan, Lucian Dragonu, Livia Pădureanu, Vlad Neacșu, Alexandru Mănescu, Mirela Stoian, Andreea Cristina Dumitrescu, Florentina Medicina (Kaunas) Case Report Lemierre’s syndrome is, presently, a very rare condition, but a life-threatening one. The syndrome was first described in 1936 by Andre Lemierre and comprises an oropharyngeal infection (most commonly associated with anaerobic bacteria Fusobacterium necrophorum), internal jugular vein thrombophlebitis and, possibly, secondary septic metastasis (common sites are lungs or brain). We describe such a rare case diagnosed at our Infectious Diseases Department in September 2019. MDPI 2021-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8537463/ /pubmed/34684139 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101102 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Giubelan, Lucian
Dragonu, Livia
Pădureanu, Vlad
Neacșu, Alexandru
Mănescu, Mirela
Stoian, Andreea Cristina
Dumitrescu, Florentina
Lemierre’s Syndrome: Case Presentation of a Rare and Possibly Life-Threatening Condition
title Lemierre’s Syndrome: Case Presentation of a Rare and Possibly Life-Threatening Condition
title_full Lemierre’s Syndrome: Case Presentation of a Rare and Possibly Life-Threatening Condition
title_fullStr Lemierre’s Syndrome: Case Presentation of a Rare and Possibly Life-Threatening Condition
title_full_unstemmed Lemierre’s Syndrome: Case Presentation of a Rare and Possibly Life-Threatening Condition
title_short Lemierre’s Syndrome: Case Presentation of a Rare and Possibly Life-Threatening Condition
title_sort lemierre’s syndrome: case presentation of a rare and possibly life-threatening condition
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684139
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101102
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