Fusobacterium necrophorum Pharyngitis Complicated by Lemierre’s Syndrome

We report the case of an 18-year-old woman who was referred to our outpatient clinic because of a 2-week history of sore throat, high fever, and neck tenderness unresponsive to a 7-day amoxicillin/clavulanic acid course. Infectious mononucleosis was initially suspected, but an extremely high value o...

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Main Authors: Antonio Faraone, Alberto Fortini, Gabriele Nenci, Costanza Boccadori, Valerio Mangani, Roberto Oggioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3608346