Diseases

Lemierre Syndrome

A superinfection of the damaged oropharyngeal mucosa by FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM leading to the secondary septic THROMBOPHLEBITIS of the internal jugular vein.

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Abstract

A superinfection of the damaged oropharyngeal mucosa by FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM leading to the secondary septic THROMBOPHLEBITIS of the internal jugular vein.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Lemierre Disease
  • Lemierre's Disease
  • Lemierre's Syndrome
  • Postanginal Sepsis
  • Disease, Lemierre
  • Disease, Lemierre's
  • Lemierres Disease
  • Lemierres Syndrome
  • Postanginal Sepses
  • Sepses, Postanginal
  • Sepsis, Postanginal
  • Syndrome, Lemierre
  • Syndrome, Lemierre's

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2011

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Previous Indexing

  • Fusobacterium Infections (1984-2010)
  • Pharyngitis (1991-2010)
  • Thrombophlebitis (1989-2010)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lemierre Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057831. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057831
  2. Lemierre Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemierre%27s_syndrome
  3. Lemierre Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72000