Sore Throat Progressing to Embolic Sepsis: A Case of Lemierre's Syndrome. Issue 1 (2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dirks, Jacquelyn; Bowie, Dennis
• Is Part Of: Canadian respiratory journal. Volume 17:Issue 1(2010)
• Page Start: e20
• Page End: e22
• Publication Date: 2010
• Subjects: Fusobacterium -- Lemierre's syndrome -- Septic thrombophlebitis; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Canada -- Periodicals; Respiration; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Canada; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- Periodicals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1155/2010/950709
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1198-2241

Abstract

Abstract : Lemierre's syndrome is a rare clinical syndrome defined as oropharyngeal sepsis, thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and septic thombo-emboli. It is typically encountered in young, immunocompetent individuals, with a mean incident age of 20 years. The organism that is most commonly associated is an anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium: Fusobacterium species. The defined treatment course is at least six weeks of antibiotics, with the role of anticoagulation being unclear. The present article documents a case of Lemierre's syndrome complicated by acute renal failure and loculated pleural effusion in an otherwise healthy 16-year-old patient.