Recent studies have highlighted the increasing recognition of Fusobacterium necrophorum as a significant pathogen in cases of pharyngotonsillitis and its role in Lemierre's Syndrome. Despite the ...

gmail.com Eight days later, blood cultures grew Fusobacterium necrophorum. At this time, we made a diagnosis of a variant of Lemierre"s syndrome based on septicaemia with F. necrophorum complicated ...

Lemierre’s syndrome is a very rare but potentially fatal condition ... It is characterised by the triad of internal jugular vein septic thrombophlebitis, septic emboli (mostly pulmonary) and the ...

Background Lemierre’s syndrome is characterised by a clinical triad of oropharyngeal infection with bacteraemia, thrombophlebitis of internal jugular vein and distant metastatic abscesses. In England ...

Blood cultures were positive for Fusobacterium necrophorum. This Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium is a normal component of the oropharyngeal flora and can cause Lemierre syndrome. A severe ...

Fusobacterium necrophorum was isolated in the samples obtained after thoracentesis was performed. Apart from the pulmonary involvement, we could not identify the infectious focus, since the patient ...

Lemierre's syndrome is a clinical constellation of suppurative internal jugular vein thrombophlebitis and septic emboli. It usually arises from an oropharyngeal source, and is classically caused by ...

Therapeutic anticoagulation (edoxaban 60 mg once a day) was prescribed for 3 months. Lemierre's syndrome is defined as an infectious thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. Although typically ...