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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Main Authors: Clara Kwan, Lou Mastrine, Manfred Moskovits
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/519720
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spelling doaj-7ec644d7ba394ea89f6447d37f1993a42020-11-24T23:06:27ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332013-01-01201310.1155/2013/519720519720Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare Case of Pulmonic Valve VegetationClara Kwan0Lou Mastrine1Manfred Moskovits2Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USACardiology, Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USACardiology, Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USALemierre’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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/519720
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author Clara Kwan
Lou Mastrine
Manfred Moskovits
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Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare Case of Pulmonic Valve Vegetation
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
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Lou Mastrine
Manfred Moskovits
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title Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare Case of Pulmonic Valve Vegetation
title_short Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare Case of Pulmonic Valve Vegetation
title_full Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare Case of Pulmonic Valve Vegetation
title_fullStr Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare Case of Pulmonic Valve Vegetation
title_full_unstemmed Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Rare Case of Pulmonic Valve Vegetation
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publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
issn 2090-6625
2090-6633
publishDate 2013-01-01
description 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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