Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness
Lemierre’s syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by anaerobic organisms inducing a thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IJV) following a course of oropharyngeal infection. It often occurs in young and healthy patients. Clinicians continuously misinterpret early symptoms until i...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2017-01-01
|
| Series: | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4261429 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849387254982639616 |
|---|---|
| author | Lukas Birkner |
| author_facet | Lukas Birkner |
| author_sort | Lukas Birkner |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Lemierre’s syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by anaerobic organisms inducing a thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IJV) following a course of oropharyngeal infection. It often occurs in young and healthy patients. Clinicians continuously misinterpret early symptoms until infection disseminates systematically and life-threatening sepsis transpires. We report the case of a 58-year-old female developing Lemierre’s syndrome accompanied by invasive ventilation support and a profound deafness requiring the implementation of a cochlear implant. This is one of two reported cases of Lemierre’s syndrome associated with mechanical ventilation support and the only case associated with a cochlear implant. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-35bb033a82ca457381ab2f9b54c4822b |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2090-6625 2090-6633 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2017-01-01 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| spelling | doaj-art-35bb033a82ca457381ab2f9b54c4822b2025-08-20T03:55:16ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/42614294261429Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound DeafnessLukas Birkner0Department of Internal Medicine, Ev. Krankenhaus Witten gGmbH, University of Witten/Herdecke, Pferdebachstr 27, 58455 Witten, GermanyLemierre’s syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by anaerobic organisms inducing a thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IJV) following a course of oropharyngeal infection. It often occurs in young and healthy patients. Clinicians continuously misinterpret early symptoms until infection disseminates systematically and life-threatening sepsis transpires. We report the case of a 58-year-old female developing Lemierre’s syndrome accompanied by invasive ventilation support and a profound deafness requiring the implementation of a cochlear implant. This is one of two reported cases of Lemierre’s syndrome associated with mechanical ventilation support and the only case associated with a cochlear implant.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4261429 |
| spellingShingle | Lukas Birkner Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness |
| title_full | Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness |
| title_fullStr | Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness |
| title_short | Lemierre’s Syndrome Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Profound Deafness |
| title_sort | lemierre s syndrome associated with mechanical ventilation and profound deafness |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4261429 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT lukasbirkner lemierressyndromeassociatedwithmechanicalventilationandprofounddeafness |