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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2024)
From rare to aware: confronting Lemierre syndrome
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Received: 9 July 2024
Accepted: 1 October 2024
Accepted: 1 October 2024
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Lemierre syndrome is a life-threatening condition characterized by an acute head/neck bacterial infection due to anaerobes (namely Fusobacterium necrophorum), local septic vein thrombosis and distance septic embolism...
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Cardi S, Catalani F, Valerio L, Barco S. From rare to aware: confronting Lemierre syndrome. Bleeding Thromb Vascul Biol [Internet]. 2024 Oct. 21 [cited 2025 Dec. 13];3(3). Available from: https://www.btvb.org/btvb/article/view/147
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