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3 or 4 (three or four of the following: fever, absence of cough, tender anterior cervical lymph nodes, tonsillar exudate). Penicillin remains the drug of choice because most Fusobacteriutn infections have in vitro sensitivity to penicillins but not to macrolides.Early diagnosis of Lemierre syndrome improves outcomes. The organism is susceptible to many antibiotic combinations. Most physicians recommend clindamy-cin (Cleocin) or a combination of penicillin and metro-nidazole (Flagyl).