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15776252

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-8
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0934-9723
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
226-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular diagnosis of Fusobacterium necrophorum infection (Lemierre's syndrome).
pubmed:affiliation
Health Protection Agency, Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Box 236, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QW, UK. sani.aliyu@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports