TY - JOUR AU - Al-Hebshi, Abdulqader AU - Alharbi, Hind AU - Karbouji, Rayan AU - Al Qurainees, Ghaya AU - ALkurdi, Ahmad PY - 2022/05/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Lemierre Syndrome Complicating Deep Neck Infection and Descending Mediastinitis Secondary to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection JF - Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Pak J Med Sci VL - 38 IS - 5 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.12669/pjms.38.5.5442 UR - https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/5442 SP - AB - Lemierre syndrome (LS) is an oropharyngeal infection, followed by bacteremia, thrombosis of the internal jugular vein and subsequent hematogenic metastasis via septic emboli. We report a case of Lemierre syndrome complicated by descending necrotizing mediastinitis due to a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in a 5-month-old Saudi boy.doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.5.5442How to cite this:Al-Hebshi A, Alharbi H, Karbouji R, Al-Qurainees G, Alkurdi A. Lemierre Syndrome Complicating Deep Neck Infection and Descending Mediastinitis Secondary to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection. Pak J Med Sci. 2022;38(5):1409-1412. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.5.5442This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ER -