vincent’s angina in a 17-year old girl with emotional stress: a case report

نویسندگان

farzad khademi antimicrobial resistance research center, department of medical bacteriology and virology, qaem university hospital, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran

ehsan aryan antimicrobial resistance research center, department of medical bacteriology and virology, qaem university hospital, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran; antimicrobial resistance research center, department of medical bacteriology and virology, qaem university hospital, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran. tel: +98-5138453019

چکیده

introduction vincent’s angina refers to acute necrotizing ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosal membranes and tonsils. case presentation; in this case, we report a 17-year old girl with emotional stress referred with symptoms of vincent’s angina. gram staining showed numerous fusospirochetal bacteria. with antibiotic therapy, amoxicillin and cephalexin, no clinical improvement was observed but improvement was achieved by using mouthwash and salt water. conclusions it seems that there is a close relationship between stress and the vincent angina disease. moreover, simple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as gram staining and using mouthwash and salt water are beneficial in case of vincent angina.

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