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Lemierre's disease: postanginal bacteremia and pulmonary involvement caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum
S Moreno1, J García Altozano, B Pinilla
1Clinical Microbiology Service, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Reviews of Infectious Diseases
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
The combination of acute pharyngotonsillitis, neck pain, fever, and pulmonary septic emboli caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in a healthy young person is extremely rare. The entity was described by Lemierre in 1936 as a typical syndrome easy to recognize and diagnose exclusively on clinical grounds. A case of Lemierre's disease is reported, and 10 other cases found in the medical literature are reviewed.