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MeSH Heading: Lemierre Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.400.388.350.700; C07.550.174; C09.775.262; C14.907.355.830.925.770.500; C14.907.617.718.788.500; C14.907.940.740.910.500
Unique ID: D057831
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057831
Scope Note: A superinfection of the damaged oropharyngeal mucosa by FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM leading to the secondary septic THROMBOPHLEBITIS of the internal jugular vein.
Entry Term(s): Lemierre Disease; Lemierre's Disease; Lemierre's Syndrome; Postanginal Sepsis
Previous Indexing: Fusobacterium Infections (1984-2010); Pharyngitis (1991-2010); Thrombophlebitis (1989-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Date Introduced: 2011/01/01
Last Updated: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0539294
Scope Note: A superinfection of the damaged oropharyngeal mucosa by FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM leading to the secondary septic THROMBOPHLEBITIS of the internal jugular vein.
Terms: Lemierre Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T758143
Date09/21/2009
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Lemierre's Syndrome
Term UI T758144
Date09/21/2009
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Postanginal Sepsis
Term UI T758145
Date09/21/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Lemierre Disease
Term UI T758337
Date09/24/2009
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Lemierre's Disease
Term UI T758338
Date09/24/2009
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2011)

Lemierre Syndrome MeSH Descriptor Data 2026