Trench mouth: Is it a disease of the past? Diagnostic clincher: The underrated “urgent smear”

Vincent's infection is a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling, and sloughing of the dead tissue from the oral cavity and oropharynx caused by the fusiform bacillus (Fusobacterium fusiforme) and spirochetes (Borrelia vincentii). However, it is rare in the vocal cords. We prese...

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Main Authors: Jaise Jacob, Nishant Savery, Kurien Thomas, Sujitha Elan, Reba Kanungo, Mary Kurien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jcrsmed.org/article.asp?issn=2455-3069;year=2019;volume=5;issue=1;spage=59;epage=61;aulast=Jacob