Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness

Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness

Lemierre’s syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by anaerobic organisms inducing a thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IJV) following a course of oropharyngeal infection. It often occurs in young and healthy patients. Clinicians continuously misinterpret early symptoms until i...

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Main Author: Lukas Birkner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4261429
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spelling doaj-35bb033a82ca457381ab2f9b54c4822b2020-11-24T21:12:09ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/42614294261429Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound DeafnessLukas Birkner0Department of Internal Medicine, Ev. Krankenhaus Witten gGmbH, University of Witten/Herdecke, Pferdebachstr 27, 58455 Witten, GermanyLemierre’s syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by anaerobic organisms inducing a thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IJV) following a course of oropharyngeal infection. It often occurs in young and healthy patients. Clinicians continuously misinterpret early symptoms until infection disseminates systematically and life-threatening sepsis transpires. We report the case of a 58-year-old female developing Lemierre’s syndrome accompanied by invasive ventilation support and a profound deafness requiring the implementation of a cochlear implant. This is one of two reported cases of Lemierre’s syndrome associated with mechanical ventilation support and the only case associated with a cochlear implant.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4261429
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title Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness
title_short Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness
title_full Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness
title_fullStr Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness
title_full_unstemmed Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness
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publisher Hindawi Limited
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2090-6633
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Lemierre’s syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by anaerobic organisms inducing a thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IJV) following a course of oropharyngeal infection. It often occurs in young and healthy patients. Clinicians continuously misinterpret early symptoms until infection disseminates systematically and life-threatening sepsis transpires. We report the case of a 58-year-old female developing Lemierre’s syndrome accompanied by invasive ventilation support and a profound deafness requiring the implementation of a cochlear implant. This is one of two reported cases of Lemierre’s syndrome associated with mechanical ventilation support and the only case associated with a cochlear implant.
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