On Diphtherial Stomatitis

Studies on the purification of diphtherial toxin.

Inhibitor studies of diphtherial succinic dehydrogenase.

It had previously been found that the addition of ferrous ion to cultures of the diphtheria bacillus-above that necessary for optimal toxin production-resulted in the disappearance from the culture supernatant of a porphyrin, iron, and diphtheria toxin in the molar ratio of 4:4:1 (Pappenheimer, 1947). On the basis of this data, it was suggested that the toxin was a precursor of the protein moie...

Palatal Brushing on Denture Stomatitis

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of palatal brushing in the treatment of denture stomatitis. Materials and Methods: After screening 143 individuals with a potential diagnosis of denture stomatitis, 48 patients (mean age: 66.0 ± 11.2 years) were enrolled in a two-center phase 1 clinical trial with a one-group pretest/posttest design. The intervention of interest was manual palata...

Vesicular stomatitis forecasting based on Google Trends

BACKGROUND Vesicular stomatitis (VS) is an important viral disease of livestock. The main feature of VS is irregular blisters that occur on the lips, tongue, oral mucosa, hoof crown and nipple. Humans can also be infected with vesicular stomatitis and develop meningitis. This study analyses 2014 American VS outbreaks in order to accurately predict vesicular stomatitis outbreak trends. METHODS...

Jail Stomatitis

In the event of its being of interest to the writer, and may be to others, I send yon the following ?0tes with regard to a disease most prevalent in this district, both in children and adults, and one which is often very obstinate in lending itself to treatment. I have seen it in all its varied forms. In children chiefly as small blisters, in adults commonly as a purple sponginess of the gums w...