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Stomatognathic Diseases > Pharyngeal Diseases > Lemierre Syndrome
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases > Pharyngeal Diseases > Lemierre Syndrome
... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections > Fusobacteriaceae Infections > Fusobacterium Infections > Lemierre Syndrome
... > Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Vasculitis > Phlebitis > Thrombophlebitis > Lemierre Syndrome
... > Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Peripheral Vascular Diseases > Phlebitis > Thrombophlebitis > Lemierre Syndrome
... > Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Embolism and Thrombosis > Thrombosis > Venous Thrombosis > Thrombophlebitis > Lemierre Syndrome

Preferred term

Lemierre Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A superinfection of the damaged oropharyngeal mucosa by FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM leading to the secondary septic THROMBOPHLEBITIS of the internal jugular vein.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Lemierre Disease
  • Lemierre's Disease
  • Lemierre's Syndrome
  • Postanginal Sepsis

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Syndrome de Lemierre

    French

  • Maladie de Lemierre
  • Sepsis post-angine
  • Septicémie post-angineuse
  • Septicémie postangineuse
  • Thrombophlébite septique de la veine jugulaire interne

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MFDXMNXG-V

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