A 4-year-old boy with Lemierre's syndrome caused by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

• Main Authors: Tahir Hameed (Author), Manal Bawazeer (Author), Nora Alfattoh (Author), Sami Alanazi (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Elsevier, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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A pre-school aged boy presented to the Pediatric Emergency Department with a high grade fever and neck pain and stiffness. Blood culture was positive for methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Doppler ultrasound of the neck revealed partial thrombosis of the left internal jugular vei...