Lemierre syndrome
Lemierre syndrome is a rare, potentially lethal, oropharyngeal infectious disease occurring in immunocompetent adolescents and young adults that is mainly due to Fusobacterium necrophorum and that is characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein that leads to septic, usually pulmonary, embolism, associated with ENT (ear, nose, and throat) infection that manifests with fever, neck pain, and tonsillopharyngitis.
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commensal bacterial infectious disease
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bacterial infectious disease with sepsis
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septic phlebitis of the internal jugular vein
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Lemierre postanginal sepsis
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Lemierre syndrome
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necrobacillosis
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oropharyngeal infection leading to secondary septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein
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postanginal sepsis secondary to orophyngeal infection
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