Lemierre's syndrome following infectious mononucleosis: an unusual reason for neck pain

Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Jul;21(7):1050. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00137-7.

Authors

Constantin Maier-Stocker¹, Dirk Hellwig², Frank Hanses³

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
³ Emergency Department, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; Department of Infection Prevention and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. Electronic address: frank.hanses@ukr.de.

PMID: 34174227
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00137-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
C-Reactive Protein / analysis
Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use*
Clindamycin / therapeutic use*
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications*
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / drug therapy
Fever / etiology
Humans
Lemierre Syndrome* / diagnosis
Lemierre Syndrome* / drug therapy
Lymphadenopathy / etiology*
Male
Neck Pain / etiology
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Streptococcus anginosus / isolation & purification
Tilidine / therapeutic use
Young Adult

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Clindamycin
Ceftriaxone
C-Reactive Protein
Tilidine