A rare clinical case of Lemierre’s syndrome

Abstract

Lemierre's syndrome is a clinical variant of sepsis characterized by a combination of an infectious process in the oropharynx with thrombosis of the internal jugular vein and metastatic septic foci. Currently, Lemierre's syndrome is a rare pathology, almost a forgotten disease. The article describes a case of Lemierre's syndrome, in which the course of acute tonsillopharyngitis in a 20-year-old female patient was complicated by thrombosis of the left internal jugular vein and metastasis of septic foci in the lungs. The process was accompanied by a systemic inflammatory reaction and thrombocytopenia. The microorganism from the blood was not isolated. In crops from the oropharynx,Klebsiella pneumoniawas found. The treatment included antibiotic therapy with ceftriaxone and azithromycin, the administration of glucose-salt solutions, the use of anticoagulants, and local antiseptic treatment of the oral cavity. Body temperature returned to normal on the 3rd day of hospitalization, inflammatory changes were jugulated after 9days. The patient was discharged home on the 12thday of hospitalization in a satisfactory condition. Lemierre's syndrome is still a life-threatening condition, no matter how or by what it was caused. For this reason, early diagnosis and antibiotic therapy are critical to a favorable outcome of the syndrome.