title: [A young man with sore throat and infection].
abstract: Postanginal septicemia (Lemierre's syndrome) is an infection with anaerobes that ensues from certain oropharyngeal infections: septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein leads to abscess formation in the lungs and possibly in other organs. Based upon a recently observed typical case the syndrome is presented and its possible importance for empirical therapy of tonsillopharyngitis and septicemias involving unknown organisms is briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Abteilungen, Regionalspital Burgdorf.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ochsenbein
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Gerber
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D002981:Clindamycin