Variant of Lemierre's Syndrome Secondary to Trauma

• Hauptverfasser: Sani M. Bukari (VerfasserIn), Renato Roxas (VerfasserIn), Deepak Kamat (VerfasserIn)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Classic Lemierre's syndrome is a septic internal jugular venous (IJV) thrombophlebitis secondary to oropharyngeal anaerobic infection in adolescent and young adult. Though upper respiratory tract infection is the most common antecedent, it has also been described following skin, soft tissues, g...