Persistent infection of the chin with an unusual skin pathogen (Streptococcus milleri): A sign of intraoral carcinoma

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-37

  Buckley, D A ^a,b   Murphy, A ^a   Dervan, P ^a   Hone, R ^a   O'Dwyer, T ^a   O'Loughlin, S ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHIN; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031978108     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1998.00305.x     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Wannfors K, Hammarstrom L. Periapical lesions of mandibular bone: difficulties in early diagnostics. Oral Surg, Oral Med, Oral Pathol 1990; 70: 483-9.
2. Carter RL, Pittam MR. Squamous carcinomas of the head and neck: some patterns of spread. J Roy Soc Med 1980; 73: 420-7.
3. Keller EE, Gunderson LL. Bone disease metastatic to the jaws. J Am Dent Assoc 1987; 115: 697-701.
4. Streptococcus milleri, pathogen in various guises [editorial]. Lancet 1985; ii: 1403-4.
5. Gossling J. Occurrence and pathogenicity of the Streptococcus milleri group. Rev Infect Dis 1988; 10(2): 257-85.
6. Highet AS, Warren RE, Weekes AJ. Bacteriology and antibiotic treatment of perineal suppurative hidradenitis. Arch Dermatol 1988; 124: 1047-51.
7. Klein RS, Catalano MT, Edberg SC et al. Streptococcus bovis septicaemia and carcinoma of the colon. Ann Int Med 1979; 91: 560-2.
8. Klein RS, Recco RA, Catalano MT et al. Association of Streptococcus bovis with carcinoma of the colon. N Engl J Med 1977; 297: 800-2.