Lemierre's Syndrome Complicated by Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

N Engl J Med. 2024 Aug 8;391(6):e12. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm2401083. Epub 2024 Aug 3.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anticoagulants
  • Cavernous Sinus / diagnostic imaging
  • Cavernous Sinus / pathology
  • Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis* / blood
  • Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis* / diagnosis
  • Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis* / drug therapy
  • Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis* / microbiology
  • Female
  • Fusobacterium necrophorum / isolation & purification
  • Headache* / blood
  • Headache* / diagnosis
  • Headache* / drug therapy
  • Headache* / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Lemierre Syndrome* / complications
  • Lemierre Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • Lemierre Syndrome* / drug therapy
  • Lemierre Syndrome* / microbiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Anticoagulants