13th June 2024

A 27-year male presents with a 10-day history of sore throat, fever and lymphadenopathy. He is jaundiced

A 27-year male presents with a 10-day history of sore throat, fever and lymphadenopathy. He is jaundiced, with an erythematous throat and has cervical lymphadenopathy. WCC is 18.9 x 10⁹ and CRP 320 mg/dL. He was started on broad spectrum antibiotics and later he developed swelling of his face. CT neck was done, which showed thrombosis of the internal jugular vein. What is the most likely causative organism?

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