[Rare complications of Lemierre's syndrome: septic sternoclavicular joint arthritis and cavitating pneumonia].
We report a 27-year-old man who presented with a Lemierre's syndrome associated with two uncommon complications: a septic sternoclavicular joint arthritis and a cavitating pneumonia.
Cinquetti
G
G
Service SMIMIT, HIA Legouest, 27, avenue des Plantières, 57000 Metz, France.
Banal
F
F
Mohamed
S
S
Lemant-Pluvinage
N
N
Wannin
J
J
Noisette
P
P
Genest
A
A
Salles
Y
Y
Graffin
B
B
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013247:Sternoclavicular Joint; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D056824:Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017291:Clarithromycin