Joubert Pierre, Moosa Muhammed S
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, New Somerset Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
S Afr J Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 9;39(1):606. doi: 10.4102/sajid.v39i1.606. eCollection 2024.
Lemierre's syndrome is a rare clinical syndrome of septic thrombophlebitis following a bacterial oropharyngeal infection. Lemierre's syndrome can be difficult to recognise and has significant morbidity. We report the case of a young man with Lemierre's syndrome caused by , who responded well to 2 weeks of beta-lactam therapy.
This case report summarises the key presenting features of Lemierre's syndrome and provides a brief literature review considering the South African context.
勒米尔综合征是一种罕见的临床综合征，由细菌性口咽感染后引发的脓毒性血栓性静脉炎所致。勒米尔综合征可能难以识别，且具有较高的发病率。我们报告了一例由[病因未提及]引起的勒米尔综合征青年男性病例，该患者接受了两周的β-内酰胺治疗后反应良好。
本病例报告总结了勒米尔综合征的主要临床表现，并结合南非背景进行了简要的文献综述。
