A 21-year-old man with fever and sore throat rapidly progressive to hemoptysis and respiratory failure. Diagnosis: Lemierre syndrome with Fusobacterium necrophorum sepsis.
Jankowich
Matthew
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Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA. matthew_jankowich@brown.edu
El-Sameed
Yaser Abu
YA
Abu-Hijleh
Muhanned
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000382:microbiology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013577:Syndrome