Noma (cancrum oris)

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9530, 2006, Pages 147-156

  Enwonwu, Cyril O ^a,b   Falkler Jr , William A ^a   Phillips, Reshma S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; METRONIDAZOLE; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FACE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEISHMANIASIS; MALNUTRITION; MICROSURGERY; MIDLINE GRANULOMA; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH INFECTION; MOUTH LESION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POVERTY; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMATITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYPHILIS; VEILLONELLA PARVULA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33745713059     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69004-1     Document Type: Review

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