%0 Case Reports
%T Lemierre syndrome with pulmonary empyema caused by Prevotella intermedia.
%A Simsek B
%A Zhang R
%A Morton C
%A Villanueva MS
%J BMJ Case Rep
%V 17
%N 3
%D 2024 Mar 15
%M 38490705
暂无%R 10.1136/bcr-2023-258158
%X Lemierre syndrome is a rare disease that is most often caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum We present a case caused by Prevotella intermedia in a young, healthy man, complicated by multiple cavitary lung lesions, loculated pleural effusions requiring chest tube placement and trapezius abscess. Our case highlights (a) P. intermedia as a rare cause of Lemierre syndrome and (b) clinical response to appropriate antimicrobial therapy may be protracted.