Lemierre's Disease: Postanginal Bacteremia and Pulmonary Involvement Caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 11 (2) , 319-324
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/11.2.319
Abstract
The combination of acute pharyngotonsillitis, neck pain, fever, and pulmonary septic emboli caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in a healthy young person is extremely rare. The entity was described by Lemierre in 1936 as a typical syndrome easy to recognize and diagnose exclusively on clinical grounds. A case of Lemierre's disease is reported, and 10 other cases found in the medical literature are reviewed.Keywords
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