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Unusual case of Lemierre’s syndrome
- Abstract:
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A young previously healthy patient presented with sepsis and cavitating pneumonia. Campylobacter rectus was isolated from blood cultures and subsequent CT neck showed an internal jugular vein thrombosis. Treatment was with antibiotics, anticoagulation and supportive management. Lemierre’s syndrome is an infectious thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. Although a rare diagnosis since the use of penicillin for treatment of acute pharyngitis, it is being reported with increasing frequen...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Department of Health
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- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Case Reports Journal website
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 1
- Article number:
- e226948
- Publication date:
- 2018-11-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-10-13
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1757-790X
- Pmid:
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30567118
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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1045890
- Local pid:
- pubs:1045890
- Deposit date:
- 2021-08-06
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- Copyright holder:
- BMJ Publishing Group Limited
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Rights statement:
- © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2018. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from the BMJ Publishing Group at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-226948
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