2024
DOI: 10.3390/pediatric16010018
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Pediatric Lemierre’s Syndrome: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Salvatore Lavalle,
Edoardo Masiello,
Salvatore Cocuzza
et al.

Abstract: Background: Lemierre syndrome is a rare, potentially fatal complication of oropharyngeal infections characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. It primarily affects healthy adolescents and young adults. Its incidence declined after the antibiotic era, but it may have resurged in recent decades, likely due to judicious antibiotic use and increasing bacterial resistance. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are imperative to prevent significant morbidity and mortality. Methods: Lemierre synd… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

0
0
0

Year Published

2024
2024
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
2

Relationship

0
2

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 2 publications
references
References 67 publications
0
0
0
Order By: Relevance