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Lemierre-like syndrome after soft tissue infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A case report and literature review.
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School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Union, Lima, Peru.
Rationale: Lemierre-like syndrome (LLS) is characterized by bacteremia, septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, and metastatic abscesses. In contrast to classic Lemierre syndrome, sources of infection are not related to oropharyngeal infections, as are frequent soft tissue infections. In recent years, Staphylococcus aureus has been identified as an emergent pathogen that causes this syndrome.
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Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Burn Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Oporto, Portugal.
Elderly onset atypical Lemierre's syndrome concurrent with a rheumatoid vasculitis sacral ulcer infection: a case report.
BMC Infect Dis
March 2023
Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, 1 Bunkyomachi, Ehime Prefecture, 790-8524, Matsuyama City, Japan.
Background: Typical Lemierre's syndrome is usually secondary to an oropharyngeal infection. Recently, several cases following a primary infection site other than the oropharynx have been reported as atypical Lemierre's syndrome; although, these primary lesions are limited to the head and neck. This is the first case potentially sequential to infectious foci outside the head and neck.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Mondor's disease of the penis, or superficial thrombophlebitis affecting penile veins, is a rare condition. Common causes include prothombotic states, venous stasis or excessive manipulation. The literature includes one case report of Mondor's Disease after endovenous laser ablation and foam sclerotherapy and a case series after open saphenofemoral junction ligation.
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Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est, Grosseto, Italy.
Pylephlebitis is defined as a septic thrombophlebitis of the portal vein, usually secondary to infection in regions contiguous to or drained by the portal system. Although extremely uncommon in the modern era, pylephlebitis still carries an appreciable risk of severe morbidity and mortality, if unrecognized and left untreated. Herein we report the case of severe pylephlebitis in a patient with acute sigmoid diverticulitis.
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