title: [A man with a painful, swollen neck and fever].
abstract: Lemierre's syndrome is a rare condition mostly secondary caused by an oropharyngeal infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum. We report a 62-year-old man with a classic case of Lemierre's syndrome, most likely caused by a diminished immunity as a result of an underlying chronic lymphatic leukemia.
authors: Medisch Spectrum Twente, afd. Chirurgie, Enschede, the Netherlands.
authors: Mark G H
authors: MG
authors: Busscher
authors: Schelto
authors: S
authors: Kruijff
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D057831:Lemierre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents