Lemierre’s syndrome caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum complicated with multiple brain abscesses—A case report, literature review, and suggested management

We present an unusual case of Lemierre´s syndrome complicated by multiple brain abscesses, a literature review and suggested management. A young man with multiple brain abscesses deteriorated despite two weeks of directed antibiotics. A multidisciplinary approach was successful. Hyperbaric oxygen tr...

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Autores principales: Kjellberg, Anders, Bjerin, Olof, Franzén‐Röhl, Elisabeth, Bartek, Jiri, Lindholm, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8643489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5142
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author Kjellberg, Anders
Bjerin, Olof
Franzén‐Röhl, Elisabeth
Bartek, Jiri
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description We present an unusual case of Lemierre´s syndrome complicated by multiple brain abscesses, a literature review and suggested management. A young man with multiple brain abscesses deteriorated despite two weeks of directed antibiotics. A multidisciplinary approach was successful. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) should be considered in refractory or severe cases.
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spelling pubmed-86434892021-12-15 Lemierre’s syndrome caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum complicated with multiple brain abscesses—A case report, literature review, and suggested management Kjellberg, Anders Bjerin, Olof Franzén‐Röhl, Elisabeth Bartek, Jiri Lindholm, Peter Clin Case Rep Case Report We present an unusual case of Lemierre´s syndrome complicated by multiple brain abscesses, a literature review and suggested management. A young man with multiple brain abscesses deteriorated despite two weeks of directed antibiotics. A multidisciplinary approach was successful. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) should be considered in refractory or severe cases. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8643489/ /pubmed/34917365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5142 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Franzén‐Röhl, Elisabeth
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Lindholm, Peter
Lemierre’s syndrome caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum complicated with multiple brain abscesses—A case report, literature review, and suggested management
title Lemierre’s syndrome caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum complicated with multiple brain abscesses—A case report, literature review, and suggested management
title_full Lemierre’s syndrome caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum complicated with multiple brain abscesses—A case report, literature review, and suggested management
title_fullStr Lemierre’s syndrome caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum complicated with multiple brain abscesses—A case report, literature review, and suggested management
title_full_unstemmed Lemierre’s syndrome caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum complicated with multiple brain abscesses—A case report, literature review, and suggested management
title_short Lemierre’s syndrome caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum complicated with multiple brain abscesses—A case report, literature review, and suggested management
title_sort lemierre’s syndrome caused by fusobacterium necrophorum complicated with multiple brain abscesses—a case report, literature review, and suggested management
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8643489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5142
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