Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6213553 | International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Since the widespread availability and use of antibiotics the prevalence of Lemierre syndrome (L.S.) has decreased. It is a well-described entity, consisting of postanginal septicaemia with thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein with metastatic infection, most commonly in the lungs. The most common causative agent is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming obligate anaerobic bacterium, Fusobacterium necrophorum (F.n.). We describe the unusual clinical features of a 12-year-old boy with Lemierre syndrome with isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy - the latter symptom is an extremely rare manifestation of this disease.
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Authors
Kerstin Blessing, Nicole Toepfner, Susanne Kinzer, Cornelia Möllmann, Julia Geiger, Annerose Serr, Markus Hufnagel, Christoph Müller, Marcus Krüger, Gerd J. Ridder, Reinhard Berner,