Noma (cancrum oris)
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PATHOGENS
- Pathogenesis not well understood. A host of oral flora are thought to participate.
- Most frequently found:
- Fusobacterium necrophorum
- Prevotella intermedia
- Other that may interact:
- Borrelia vincentii
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Tannerella forsythia
- Treponema denticola
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Some nonhemolytic Streptococci
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PATHOGENS
- Pathogenesis not well understood. A host of oral flora are thought to participate.
- Most frequently found:
- Fusobacterium necrophorum
- Prevotella intermedia
- Other that may interact:
- Borrelia vincentii
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Tannerella forsythia
- Treponema denticola
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Some nonhemolytic Streptococci
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