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ArticleBMJ case reports2024

Lemierre syndrome: a diagnostic dilemma of critical care in the post-COVID era.

Akhya Sharma, Zubin Mahajan, Sameera Mehta, Aditi Puri

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Chameleon/Lemierre syndrome?]Die Anaesthesiologie · 2026
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  2. Rare Case of Lemierre's Syndrome:Case reports in infectious diseases · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Akhya SharmaInternal Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA akhya.sharma@luhs.org.
Zubin MahajanInternal Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sameera MehtaPathology, Smt Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Aditi PuriInternal Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Loyola University Chicago · USSmt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lemierre syndrome (LS) is referred to as the 'forgotten Disease' owing to its rarity in the postantibiotic era with an estimated yearly incidence of 1/million population. The classic triad of LS includes internal jugular vein thrombosis, oropharyngeal infection and metastatic septic emboli. We present a case of typical LS with

Indexed as

COVID-19Fusobacterium InfectionsLemierre SyndromePeritonsillar AbscessSepsisCOVID-19 TestingCritical CareFusobacterium necrophorumHumansJugular VeinsCOVID-19Infectious diseasesIntensive carePneumonia (respiratory medicine)Thrombosis

Identifiers

PMID38216157
PMCPMC10806918
OpenAlexW4390796831

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Registered trials

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