From rare to aware: confronting Lemierre syndrome.

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...

Keywords

• Thrombosis
• Septic thrombophlebitis
• Lemierre Syndrome
• Venous thromboembolism
• Infectious diseases