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Neuropediatrics 2014; 45(02): 120-122
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1357478
Short Communication
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Arterial Ischemic Stroke As a Complication to Disseminated Infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum

Yamuna Ratnasingham
1   Department of Paediatrics, Regional Hospital Viborg, Viborg, Denmark
,
Lena Hagelskjaer Kristensen
2   Department of Clinical Microbiology, Regional Hospital Viborg, Viborg, Denmark
,
Lise Gammelgaard
3   Department of Radiology, Regional Hospital Viborg, Viborg, Denmark
,
Thomas Balslev
1   Department of Paediatrics, Regional Hospital Viborg, Viborg, Denmark
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05. März 2013

16. Juli 2013

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13. November 2013 (online)

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Abstract

Lemierre syndrome (LS) is a rare complication of oropharyngeal and odontogenic infections in otherwise healthy young individuals. It is characterized by septic internal jugular vein thrombophlebitis and disseminated metastatic abscesses. Cerebral arterial ischemic stroke is rarely seen in LS. The authors present a 14-year-old, previously healthy girl, who developed cerebral arterial infarction following acute tonsillitis and abscess formations due to Fusobacterium necrophorum.

Keywords

arterial ischemic stroke - Fusobacterium necrophorum - Lemierre syndrome - inflammatory markers
 

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