Acute streptococcal infection of the gingiva, lower lip, and pharynx - A case report

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1392-1395

  Katz, Joseph ^a   Guelmann, Marcio ^b   Rudolph, Matthew ^b   Ruskin, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS; GINGIVITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STOMATITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TISSUE INJURY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; LIP DISEASES; MALE; ORAL ULCER; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLINS; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036865535     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2002.73.11.1392     Document Type: Article

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