[A 'Trivial' Angina with Serious Consequences].

[A 'Trivial' Angina with Serious Consequences]. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2020;109(16):1271-1275 Authors: Gerber U, Wäckerlin A, Flury G Abstract A 'Trivial' Angina with Serious Consequences Abstract. A 21-year old man presented with a septic shock two weeks after a pharyngitis. A thrombosis oft the internal jugular vein, septic systemic metastatic lesions and bacteriamia with Fusobacterium necrophorum led to the diagnosis of a Lemierre's syndrome - a rare complication of a pharyngitis with high morbidity and mortality, defined by a septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein with high risk of embolisation. A streptococcal-negative pharyngitis with red flags should therefore also be treated with antibiotics. PMID: 33292011 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Praxis - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Praxis (Bern 1994) Source Type: research