title: Lemierre syndrome: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lemierre syndrome, also known as postanginal sepsis, is caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. This rare disease is usually characterized by thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein and septic embolism after a history of sore throat.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Here, we discuss a case of Lemierre syndrome in a 22-year-old man with thrombophlebitis of the facial vein and fusobacteria growth in the blood culture but no obvious focus of inflammation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Severe facial infection with high fever and a general feeling of malaise after a history of sore throat should raise the diagnostic possibility of facial vein thrombophlebitis due to F. necrophorum infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Munich, Munich, Germany. ulrich.kisser@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kisser
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gurkov
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Flatz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berghaus
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Reichel
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D057831:Lemierre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D003287:Contrast Media