Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies in a Pediatric Case of Lemierre’s Syndrome due to Streptococcus viridans

Background. Lemierre’s syndrome is a rare condition of internal jugular vein thrombosis following oropharyngeal infection. While it usually results from Fusobacterium necrophorum infection, atypical cases associated with other pathogens have been reported. Objective. To describe a unique case of ped...

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Main Authors: Samantha Novotny, Kenneth Serrano, Danielle Bazer, Louis Manganas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4455789
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