Lemierre's syndrome.
We describe a 32-year-old woman who had temperatures increasing over 7 days from 100.7 degrees F to 104.0 degrees F. She had an upper respiratory infection and swelling of the left side of the neck. She was diagnosed with Lemierre's syndrome.
Singhal
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Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
Kerstein
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MD
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000150:complications*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology*