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CASE REPORT

Lemierre Syndrome Due to Dialister pneumosintes: A Case Report

Jun Hirai1 Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, Japan;2 Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tessei Kuruma3 Department of Otolaryngology, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-223XView further author information
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Daisuke Sakanashi2 Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, JapanView further author information
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Yuji Kuge4 Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, JapanView further author information
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Takaaki Kishino4 Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, JapanView further author information
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Yuuichi Shibata5 Department of Pharmacy, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, JapanView further author information
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Nobuhiro Asai1 Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, Japan;2 Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, JapanView further author information
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Mao Hagihara6 Department of Molecular Epidemiology and Biomedical Sciences, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, JapanView further author information
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Hiroshige Mikamo1 Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, Japan;2 Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, JapanView further author information
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Pages 2763-2771 | Published online: 31 May 2022

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