Table 1.

Prospective study of Fusobacterium necrophorum infections in Denmark, 1998—2001

	Male	Female	Total no.	Mortality
				no.	(%)
Lemierre's syndrome	33	24	57	5	(9%)
Other disseminated cases	24	12	36	10	(28%)
Local infections
In the head and neck	160	107	267	0
Caudally from the head	13	9	22	0
Unknown primary focus	5	1	6	1	(17%)
No signs of infection	1	2	3	0
Total	236	155	391	16	(4%)