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Enhanced computed tomography of the neck. Black arrow indicates a right peritonsillar abscess. Black arrowhead shows a retropharyngeal abscess.
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Chest radiography was unremarkable. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a right peritonsillar and retropharyngeal abscess (Figure 1).
Enhanced computed tomography of the neck. Black arrow indicates right internal jugular vein thrombosis.
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Repeat CT conducted on day X+4 revealed right internal jugular vein thrombosis (IJVT) and a new abscess that was not seen on admission near the right thyroid gland (Figure 2).
Clinical course of the present case.
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Parenteral heparin was administered for 10 days before switching to oral apixaban (Figure 3).
Colony morphology of the present strain on Brucella HK agar plate.
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Figure 4 shows colony morphology of the isolated strain on Brucella HK agar plate.
16S rRNA sequence of the isolated strain.
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Figure 5 shows 16S rRNA sequences of the isolated strain.
Hit taxon and strain name of the isolated strain.
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Figure 6 shows the hit taxon and name of the isolated strain on the EZ taxon database (http://www.ezbiocloud.net/eztaxon).