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Query: UMLS:C0343525 (
Lemierre's syndrome
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Presented here is the case of a 27-year-old male with atypical features of
Lemierre's syndrome
in which a definitive diagnosis was achieved using molecular methods. While routine investigations, including bacterial cultures, were unhelpful, two real-time PCR assays demonstrated Fusobacterium necrophorum-specific DNA in aspirates from brain and renal abscesses. This is the first report demonstrating that a laboratory diagnosis can be made using molecular methods in suspected cases of
Lemierre's syndrome
. Use of these methods can thus resolve diagnostic
confusion
, prevent unnecessary investigation, and direct specific antimicrobial treatment.
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PMID:Molecular diagnosis of Fusobacterium necrophorum infection (Lemierre's syndrome). 1577 52
