Lemierre's Syndrome: Two Cases of Septicemia due to Fusobacterium necrophorum
| Autor: | M Bender, A Lechner, H Mittermayer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Septic shock ved/biology ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Clinical course bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease Microbiology Thrombophlebitis Severe thrombocytopenia Surgery Infectious Diseases Fusobacterium necrophorum Lemierre's syndrome Medicine Liver dysfunction business Right internal jugular vein |
| Zdroj: | Anaerobe. 6:139-141 |
| ISSN: | 1075-9964 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/anae.2000.0337 |
| Popis: | Two cases of Lemierre's syndrome are reported. The first patient presented with septic shock, multiple pulmonary infiltrates and thrombophlebitis of the right internal jugular vein. The second patient had septicemia due toFusobacterium necrophorum and Peptostreptococcus micros with multiple pulmonary abscesses, cholestatic liver dysfunction and severe thrombocytopenia. Clinical course, radiological and laboratory findings and therapy are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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