[Plaut-Vincent's angina]

Abstract

The clinical appearance of fuso-spirillar infection in patients with a serious impairment of the immunitary system was the starting-point for a historical study. At the end of nineteenth century two european researchers clarified the cause of many infections. Association of a spindle-shaped bacillus with a spirillar one was shown to cause several pathologies: necrotic ulcerous stomatitis, pseudomembranous angina, hepatic abscess, otitis, pneumonia, etc. The identification of such bacteria contributed to improving further differential diagnosis with diphteria

• Authors: E. Pistacchio
• Journal: Le infezioni in medicina (Infez Med) Vol. 7 Issue 4 Pg. 260-263 ( 1999) ISSN: 2532-8689 [Electronic] Italy
• Vernacular Title: L'angina di Plaut-Vincent.
• PMID: 12748449 (Publication Type: Journal Article)