From rare to aware: confronting Lemierre syndrome

2024/10/21 by Silvia Cardi, Filippo Catalani, Luca Valerio +1 · 1 voice
Medicine · #Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis #Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases #Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

paper · doi:10.4081/btvb.2024.147

openalex publication_date 2024/10/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Lemierre syndrome is a life-threatening condition characterized by an acute head/neck bacterial infection due to anaerobes (namely Fusobacterium necrophorum), local septic vein thrombosis and distance septic embolism...

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• From rare to aware: confronting #Lemierre #syndrome | doi.org/10.4081/btvb... | #MedSky #openaccess #thombosis #hemostasis LS is a life-threatening condition characterized by an acute head/neck bacte [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]

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