| increased diagnosis of lemierre syndrome and other fusobacterium necrophorum infections at a children's hospital. | to assess the apparent increase in the diagnosis of lemierre syndrome (ls) and other fusobacterium necrophorum infections at a large children's hospital. infections with f necrophorum ranged from peritonsillar abscess to potentially fatal ls. ls is an oropharyngeal infection characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of head and neck veins, complicated by dissemination of septic emboli to pulmonary and systemic sites. | 2003 | 14595080 |