title: [Fusobacterium necrophorum meningitis: forgotten complication of a gingivitis].
abstract: By now Lemierre's syndrome is a seldom-described disease whose prognosis depends on the precocity of treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of an 11-month-old child, with a fulminant Fusobacterium necrophorum meningitis, which derived from a gingival infection, with fatal outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This atypical case of Lemierre's syndrome (young age occurrence and localisation) underlines the potential severity of F. necrophorum sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation pédiatrique, hôpital Arnaud-de-Villeneuve, 34090 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duquesne
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milesi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guyon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saguintaah
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chautemps
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sabatier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cambonie
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Picaud
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000382:microbiology; D007223:Infant; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents