Lemierre's syndrome, necrotizing pneumonia and staphylococcal septic shock treated with extracorporeal life support.

Objectives: Lemierre's syndrome cause by methicillin-sensitive is rare, but can lead to necrotizing pneumonia and septicaemia. When treating such patient with extracorporeal life support source control can be both challenging and controversial.

Methods: In this report we present a 12 year old male who presented with Lemierre's syndrome from which he developed septic shock and severe necrotizing pneumonia.