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JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 297-299Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.09.011
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Lemierre; thrombophlebitis; fusobacterium; oropharyngeal infection; septic emboli
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Lemierre syndrome is a disease that presents with oropharyngeal infection, sepsis, internal jugular vein thrombosis, and septic emboli with the Gram-negative organism Fusobacterium necrophorum cultured as the etiologic agent. Clindamycin, metronidazole and ampicillin-wsulbactam are effective antibiotic treatments, although the length of treatment has not been firmly established. The syndrome is seen less frequently in the current age of antibiotics. It is important, however, that physicians be aware of the syndrome as initiation of prompt antibiotic therapy, including anaerobic coverage, is essential for avoiding morbidity and mortality. We describe a case of Lemierre syndrome. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc.
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