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Saturday, September 11, 2021

09-10-2021-1951 - Lemierre's syndrome fusobacterium necrophorum thrombophlebitis

 


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Fusobacterium necrophorum,the most common cause of Lemierre's syndrome

Lemierre's syndrome refers to infectious thrombophlebitis 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemierre%27s_syndrome

Thrombophlebitis is a phlebitis (inflammation of a vein) related to a thrombus(blood clot).[2] When it occurs repeatedly in different locations, it is known as thrombophlebitis migrans (migratory thrombophlebitis).[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombophlebitis

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