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
Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractIdentification and Management Implications of Fusobacterium Nucleatum PylephlebitisShoja Rahimian, Maria Labra, Ian Garrahy et al.Suppurativethrombophlebitis of the portal vein, or pylephlebitis, is a rare infectious manifestation. Only few casesresulting from Fusobacterium species have been reported, demonstratingthe disease that is in some ways analogous to Lemierre’s syndrome, orsuppurative thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. Of these, Fusobacteriumnucleatum represents an important subtype with unique colon cancer risk.With high mortality rates up to 32% being described in … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 18, Issue 3 · 26 Sep 2022 · 5,689 accessesView PDFCite