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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Lemierre’s syndrome is now a rare condition with an incidence of 0.36 cases per 100,000 individuals annually.[1]
In 1990, a multicenter study of intensive care unit patients at eight French hospitals has documented the association of septic thrombophlebitis with the use of catheters, in which there were a positive cultures for 24% of central catheters, and 9% of peripheral catheters.[2]
Extremes of age also predispose the occurrence of septic thrombophlebitis, due to the increased risk of infections by catheters in multiple health issues.
References
- ↑ Eilbert W, Singla N (2013). "Lemierre's syndrome". Int J Emerg Med. 6 (1): 40. doi:10.1186/1865-1380-6-40. PMC 4015694. PMID 24152679.
- ↑ Richet H, Hubert B, Nitemberg G, Andremont A, Buu-Hoi A, Ourbak P; et al. (1990). "Prospective multicenter study of vascular-catheter-related complications and risk factors for positive central-catheter cultures in intensive care unit patients". J Clin Microbiol. 28 (11): 2520–5. PMC 268218. PMID 2254429.