Microbiological understandings and mysteries of noma (cancrum oris)

Oral Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-155

  Falkler Jr , William A ^a   Enwonwu, C O ^a   Idigbe, E O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaerobic microorganisms; Cancrum oris; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Malnutrition; Noma; Oro facial gangrene; Prevotella intermedia

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GANGRENE; HERPES VIRUS; MALNUTRITION; MICROFLORA; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMATITIS; VINCENT STOMATITIS;

EID: 0344780904     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1999.tb00081.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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