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Dec 28, 2025, 09:59
A Unique Case Quizz from Khaled Kandil
Khaled Kandil, Professor of Internal Medicine at Faculty of Medicine Azhar University, shared on LinkedIn:
”A- 28- year – old women presents with fever, severe sore throat, and difficulty swallowing.
She also reports right – sided neck pain .
Exam shows tender swelling along the right sternocleidomastoid and trismus .
CT neck shows thrombosis of the right internal jugular vein with surrounding soft – tissue infection.
Which organism is the most strongly associated with this condition?
A- Streptococcus pyogens.
B- Corynbactrium diphtheria.
C- Hemophilus influenza.
D- Fusobactrium necrophorum.”

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