Lemierre's syndrome complicating influenza A virus infection

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J Gen Fam Med. 2019 Dec 13;21(2):18-20. doi: 10.1002/jgf2.293. eCollection 2020 Mar. Lemierre's syndrome complicating influenza A virus infection.

Yanagi H¹, Ozawa H¹.
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Abstract

We report a 24-year-old previously healthy woman with Lemierre's syndrome following influenza A virus infection. One week after influenza A was diagnosed by rapid antigen test and treated by oseltamivir, she developed multiple cavitary lung lesions, and a left internal jugular vein thrombosis. The blood culture grew Fusobacterium necrophorum. We administered ampicillin-sulbactam and unfractionated heparin to which she responded very well. Although viral infections have been related to Lemierre's syndrome, influenza virus rarely implicated. Lemierre's syndrome should be included in the differential diagnoses of rare complications of influenza virus infection.
? 2019 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association.


KEYWORDS:

Lemierre's syndrome; influenza

PMID: 32161697 PMCID: PMC7060288 DOI: 10.1002/jgf2.293