Lemierre's syndrome secondary to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection presenting with cardiac tamponade, a rare disease with a life-threatening presentation: a case report

BACKGROUND: Lemierre's syndrome is a rare condition characterized by thrombophlebitis of internal jugular vein, septicemia and septic metastatic infection of different organs. It is preceded by an oropharyngeal infection by anaerobic organisms. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphyloc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Int J Emerg Med
Hauptverfasser: Gunatilake, Sonali Sihindi Chapa, Yapa, Lakmini Gunarathna, Gallala, Malinga, Gamlath, Rohitha, Rodrigo, Chaturaka, Wimalaratna, Harith
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Springer 2014
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306077/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25635199
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0039-y
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