[Fusobacterium necrophorum meningitis: forgotten complication of a gingivitis]

F Duquesne; C Milesi; G Guyon; M Saguintaah; N Chautemps; E Sabatier; G Cambonie; J-C Picaud

doi:10.1016/j.arcped.2007.04.006

[Fusobacterium necrophorum meningitis: forgotten complication of a gingivitis]

Arch Pediatr. 2007 Aug;14(8):1000-2. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.04.006. Epub 2007 May 23.

[Article in French]

Authors

F Duquesne¹, C Milesi, G Guyon, M Saguintaah, N Chautemps, E Sabatier, G Cambonie, J-C Picaud

Affiliation

¹ Service de réanimation pédiatrique, hôpital Arnaud-de-Villeneuve, 34090 Montpellier, France.

PMID: 17524630
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.04.006

Abstract

By now Lemierre's syndrome is a seldom-described disease whose prognosis depends on the precocity of treatment.

Case presentation: We report the case of an 11-month-old child, with a fulminant Fusobacterium necrophorum meningitis, which derived from a gingival infection, with fatal outcome.

Conclusion: This atypical case of Lemierre's syndrome (young age occurrence and localisation) underlines the potential severity of F. necrophorum sepsis.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cerebral Ventricles / microbiology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fusobacterium Infections / diagnosis
Fusobacterium Infections / drug therapy
Fusobacterium Infections / etiology*
Gingivitis / complications*
Humans
Hydrocephalus / microbiology
Infant
Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Thrombophlebitis / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents