Journal of the American Medical Association, 1914 Circumscribed and confined infection, commonly expressed as focal infection, has long been recognized as an important etiologic factor in systemic disease. Yet as a principle it has not received sufficient attention from practitioners. In my opinion focal infection is very frequently related to local and general disease.
F. Billings
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Focal Infection and Periodontitis: A Narrative Report and New Possible Approaches. [PDF]
Int J Microbiol, 2020 The “focal infection theory” is a historical concept based on the assumption that some infections may cause chronic and acute diseases in different districts of the body. Its great popularity spanned from 1930 to 1950 when, with the aim to remove all the
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Dental focal infection-induced ventricular and spinal canal empyema: A case report. [PDF]
World J Clin Cases, 2020 BACKGROUND Dental focal infection-induced ventricular and spinal canal empyema is an extremely rare, severe, acute disease that is clinically associated with extremely high morbidity and mortality.
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Antibody-Functionalized MoS2 Nanosheets for Targeted Photothermal Therapy of Staphylococcus aureus Focal Infection. [PDF]
Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 2019 Bacterial biofilm-related diseases cause serious hazard to public health and bring great challenge to the traditional antibiotic treatment. Photothermal therapy (PTT) has been recognized as a promising alternative solution.
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Importance of eliminating potential dental focal infection before the first cycle of chemotherapy in patients with hematologic malignancy. [PDF]
Support Care Cancer, 2017 Letter to the Editor, The oral cavity is a potential infection site in patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy [1]. These patients are more susceptible to systemic infection, particularly those who need chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies [2].
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CHRONIC FOCAL INFECTION AS A CAUSATIVE FACTOR IN CHRONIC ARTHRITIS
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Melanized focal changes in skeletal muscle in farmed Atlantic salmon after natural infection with Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) [PDF]
Journal of Fish Diseases, 2019 Melanized focal changes in skeletal muscle of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are a major quality problem. The aetiology is unknown, but infection with Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) has been associated with the condition.
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American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2020 SUMMARY: Herein, we report the findings of intracranial arterial wall enhancement, consistent with focal cerebral arteriopathy–inflammatory type, in a child presenting with acute infarct in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. To
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The relative contribution of co-infection to focal infection risk in children [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2013 Co-infection is ubiquitous in people in the developing world but little is known regarding the potential for one parasite to act as a risk factor for another.
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Endoplasmic reticulum: a focal point of Zika virus infection
Journal of Biomedical Sciences, 2020 Zika virus (ZIKV) belongs to the Flavivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family. It is an arbovirus that can cause congenital abnormalities and is sexually transmissible.
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