Lemierre's syndrome with double heterozygote status in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene

作     者：Mostafa Behpour-Oskooee Abdollah Karimi Shirin Sayyahfar 

作者机构：Pediatric Infectious DiseasesDepartment of PediatricsNajmieh HospitalBaghyatollah University of Medical SciencesTehranIran Pediatric Infectious DiseasesPediatric Infectious Research CenterMofi d Children HospitalShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran Pediatric Infectious DiseasesDepartment of PediatricsAli Asghar Children HospitalIran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Pediatrics》 (世界儿科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第10卷第3期

页      面：281-283页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100213[医学-耳鼻咽喉科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Lemierre's syndrome mastoiditis methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase sigmoid sinus thrombosis 

摘      要：Background:There are some risk factors being more vulnerable to Lemierre s syndrome such as a hypercoagulable ***:We report a rare case of Lemierre s syndrome with ethmoid and maxillary sinusitis,bilateral mastoiditis,and sigmoid sinus ***:Genetic study revealed a double heterozygote status in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene including C677T and ***:It is suggested to screen patients with Lemierre s syndrome for a hypercoagulable state to consider anticoagulant therapy.