Patients with Lemierre syndrome have a high risk of new thromboembolic complications, clinical sequelae and death: an analysis of 712 cases.
L ValerioF ZaneC SaccoS GranzieraT NicolettiM RussoG CorsiK HolmM-A HotzC RighiniP D KarkosS H MahmoudpourN KucherP VerhammeM Di NisioR M CentorS V KonstantinidesA PecciAlexandru GrigoreanPublished in: Journal of internal medicine (2020)
Patients with Lemierre syndrome were characterized by a substantial risk of new thromboembolic complications and death. This risk was higher in the presence of initial intracranial involvement. One-tenth of survivors suffered major clinical sequelae.