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At the final 12-month follow-up, substantial shoulder pain and dysfunction persisted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>When Lemierre's syndrome has been diagnosed, patients with upper extremity symptoms suggestive of metastatic infection require a thorough assessment to rule out musculoskeletal involvement and site-specific intervention to prevent long-term morbidity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2106\/jbjs.cc.20.00362","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,4]],"date-time":"2020-12-04T17:04:30Z","timestamp":1607101470000},"page":"e20.00362","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Infectious Brachial Plexopathy and Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder due to Lemierre's Syndrome"],"prefix":"10.2106","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9990-7790","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eva M.","family":"Gusnowski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9289-8660","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Laura J.","family":"Morrison","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aaron J.","family":"Bois","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Canada"},{"name":"McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5874","key":"bib1-20230719","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"701","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(00)57035-4","article-title":"On certain septicaemias due to anaerobic organisms","volume":"227","author":"Lemierre","year":"1936","journal-title":"Lancet."},{"issue":"4","key":"bib2-20230719","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"622","DOI":"10.1128\/CMR.00011-07","article-title":"Human infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum (Necrobacillosis), with a focus on Lemierre's syndrome","volume":"20","author":"Riordan","year":"2007","journal-title":"Clin Microbiol Rev."},{"issue":"944","key":"bib3-20230719","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"328","DOI":"10.1136\/pgmj.2003.014274","article-title":"Lemierre's syndrome: more than a historical curiosa","volume":"80","author":"Riordan","year":"2004","journal-title":"Postgrad Med J."},{"issue":"10","key":"bib4-20230719","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1006","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclinepi.2009.06.005","article-title":"Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: the PRISMA statement","volume":"62","author":"Moher","year":"2009","journal-title":"J Clin Epidemiol."},{"issue":"2","key":"bib5-20230719","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"212","DOI":"10.1097\/00000658-193608000-00006","article-title":"Postanginal sepsis caused by a newly described hemophylic anaerobic bacillus","volume":"104","author":"Altemeier","year":"1936","journal-title":"Ann Surg."},{"issue":"4","key":"bib6-20230719","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"356","DOI":"10.1001\/archpedi.1980.04490010014005","article-title":"Metastatic complications of Fusobacterium necrophorum sepsis. 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