Lemierre’s syndrome causing profound thrombocytopenia and respiratory failure: a case report

Abstract Background Lemierre’s syndrome is a rare oropharyngeal infection that can lead to metastatic septic emboli and thrombocytopenia. However, current literature does not report an effect on other cell lines, which we report for the first time in this case. Case A previously healthy young Africa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samantha Below, Elizabeth Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Thrombosis Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12959-021-00306-6