title: Lemierre syndrome in a previously healthy young girl.
abstract: Lemierre syndrome is a severe postanginal sepsis complicated by internal jugular thrombophlebitis. We report on a 14 y-old girl affected by high fever, shivering chills, headache, severe lateral neck pain, left ocular proptosis and general malaise. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head and neck showed right internal jugular vein and sigmoid sinus thrombosis. Fusobacterium sp. was identified in the blood culture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our report is a reminder that Lemierre syndrome still exists and remains potentially life threatening. A high index of suspicion is necessary to prompt diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Infectious Diseases Section, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain. 9735mfn@comb.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Figueras Nadal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Creus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beatobe
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moraga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pujol
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vazquez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013577:Syndrome; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*