[Rare complications of Lemierre's syndrome: septic sternoclavicular joint arthritis and cavitating pneumonia]

G Cinquetti; F Banal; S Mohamed; N Lemant-Pluvinage; J Wannin; P Noisette; A Genest; Y Salles; B Graffin

doi:10.1016/j.revmed.2009.02.022

[Rare complications of Lemierre's syndrome: septic sternoclavicular joint arthritis and cavitating pneumonia]

Rev Med Interne. 2009 Dec;30(12):1061-3. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2009.02.022. Epub 2009 Nov 6.

[Article in French]

Authors

G Cinquetti¹, F Banal, S Mohamed, N Lemant-Pluvinage, J Wannin, P Noisette, A Genest, Y Salles, B Graffin

Affiliation

¹ Service SMIMIT, HIA Legouest, 27, avenue des Plantières, 57000 Metz, France.

PMID: 19896753
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2009.02.022

Abstract

We report a 27-year-old man who presented with a Lemierre's syndrome associated with two uncommon complications: a septic sternoclavicular joint arthritis and a cavitating pneumonia.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
Clarithromycin / therapeutic use
Fusobacterium Infections / complications*
Fusobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
Fusobacterium Infections / drug therapy
Fusobacterium necrophorum / isolation & purification*
Humans
Jugular Veins*
Male
Pneumonia / microbiology*
Pneumonia / pathology
Rare Diseases
Severity of Illness Index
Sternoclavicular Joint*
Syndrome
Treatment Outcome
Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Clarithromycin