Noma (cancrum oris) in the South African context

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Feller, L ^a   Altini, M ^b   Chandran, R ^a   Khammissa, R A G ^a   Masipa, J N ^c   Mohamed, A ^d   Lemmer, J ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^d Louis Pasteur Medical Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Necrotising gingivitis; Necrotising periodontitis; Necrotising stomatitis; Noma

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BONE NECROSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROLYTE INTAKE; FACE; FLUID THERAPY; GINGIVITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISCHEMIA; MALNUTRITION; MIXED INFECTION; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMATITIS; TISSUE NECROSIS; TOOTH PLAQUE; VIRUS INFECTION; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VINCENT STOMATITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; MALE; NOMA; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84891831748     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jop.12079     Document Type: Review

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