Case ReportOpen accessIn the keywordsLEMIERRE’S SYNDROME –A Rare Fusobacterial ComplicationChandan Kumar, Abhishek, Pal Satyajit Singh Athwal et al.Lemierre’s syndrome is a rare complication following an acute episode of upper respiratory tract infection. Dr. André Lemierre, a French bacteriologist in 1936, who first published 20 cases in lancet out of which only 2 survived. The causative agent is typically Fusobacterium. The number of cases of Lemierre’s syndrome subsequently declined with the introduction of antibiotics (1940) and widespread use … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14, Issue 3 · 17 Oct 2018 · 8,041 accessesView PDFCite