Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare Case of Pulmonic Valve Vegetation

Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare Case of Pulmonic Valve Vegetation

Lemierre’s syndrome is an uncommon complication of pharyngitis commonly associated with an anaerobic gram negative bacterium, Fusobacterium necrophorum. The syndrome usually affects young healthy adults with the mean age of 20 and is characterized by recent pharyngitis followed by ipsilateral intern...

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Published in:Case reports in infectious diseases Vol. 2013; no. 2013; pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors: Kwan, Clara, Moskovits, Manfred, Mastrine, Lou
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01-01-2013
Hindawi Limited
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Summary:Lemierre’s syndrome is an uncommon complication of pharyngitis commonly associated with an anaerobic gram negative bacterium, Fusobacterium necrophorum. The syndrome usually affects young healthy adults with the mean age of 20 and is characterized by recent pharyngitis followed by ipsilateral internal jugular vein thrombosis and septic thromboembolism. The treatment is at least 6 weeks of antibiotics; the role of anticoagulation is unclear. The following presentation is a case of Lemierre’s syndrome in a 23-year-old healthy individual who is infected by a rare species: Fusobacterium nucleatum. The case is complicated by septic emboli to the lungs and impressive seeding vegetation to the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) at the pulmonic valve of the heart.
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Academic Editors: M. Ghate, P. Horrocks, A. Marangoni, T. Shibata, L. Valiquette, X. Vallès, and W. I. van der Meijden
ISSN:2090-6625
2090-6633
DOI:10.1155/2013/519720