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Lisa Sanders on Lemierres

Posted on September 13, 2008

Tomorrow s NY Times Sunday Magazine features Justin s story - The Strep Throat that wasn tAs readers know, I write frequently about this orphan disease. Let me quote from the newspaper interview that I recently gave:Extrapolating data from the Denmark study, he figures there are between 500 and 1,000 cases of Lemierre s annually in the United States, 10 percent of which are fatal. It strikes approximately one in 70,000 adolescents, he surmises.But the thing about Lemierre s, which Centor said many doctors know nothing about, is that it s treatable if detected early.Smith s el...

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