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Abstract
A superinfection of the damaged oropharyngeal mucosa by FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM leading to the secondary septic THROMBOPHLEBITIS of the internal jugular vein.
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- Lemierre Disease
- Lemierre's Disease
- Lemierre's Syndrome
- Postanginal Sepsis
- Disease, Lemierre
- Disease, Lemierre's
- Lemierres Disease
- Lemierres Syndrome
- Postanginal Sepses
- Sepses, Postanginal
- Sepsis, Postanginal
- Syndrome, Lemierre
- Syndrome, Lemierre's
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2011
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- Fusobacterium Infections (1984-2010)
- Pharyngitis (1991-2010)
- Thrombophlebitis (1989-2010)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Lemierre Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057831. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057831
- Lemierre Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemierre%27s_syndrome
- Lemierre Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72000