Lemierre syndrome: early recognition and management

A previously well 16-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with fever, rigor, and pain in his chest, neck and dorsal right hand. The illness had begun 10 days earlier with a sore throat, which was reviewed at an after-hours walk-in clinic and presumed to be viral. He remained unwell and

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Canadian Medical Association Journal

• Publication date

  2015-11-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1503/cmaj.150476PMID 26261192PMCID PMC4627880
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