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Lemierre syndrome from a neck abscess due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Lemierre syndrome is characterized by acute septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IJV) that develops after an oropharyngeal infection, and can be complicated by septic emboli to lungs and other organs. The most frequent causative agent is Fusobacterium necrophorum, an anaerobic bacil...

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Autores principales: Abhishek, Agarwal, Sandeep, Singla, Tarun, Pandey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9428241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23797007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2012.11.010