UNLABELLED: Lemierre syndrome used to be a complication of severe oropharyngeal infection with regional thrombophlebitis, septicaemia and septic metastatic infections caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in the pre-antibiotic era. A case of septic arthritis of the hip caused by F. necrophorum as a complication of tonsillectomy is reported in a 9-year-old boy. CONCLUSION: Lemierre syndrome, usually seen after an oropharyngeal infection, can also complicate tonsillectomy.
UNLABELLED: Lemierre syndrome used to be a complication of severe oropharyngeal infection with regional thrombophlebitis, septicaemia and septic metastatic infections caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in the pre-antibiotic era. A case of septic arthritis of the hip caused by F. necrophorum as a complication of tonsillectomy is reported in a 9-year-old boy. CONCLUSION:Lemierre syndrome, usually seen after an oropharyngeal infection, can also complicate tonsillectomy.
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