... a focal infection is a localized infection, often asymptomatic, that causes disease elsewhere in the host, but focal infections ... Influenced by focal infection theory's medical popularity, Cotton identified focal infections as the main causes of dementia ... "dental focal infection theory never died". In fact, severe endodontic disease resembles classic focal infection theory. In 1986 ... "ch 18 Focal infection". Graham D (1931). "Focal infection". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 25 (4): 422-4. PMC 382689. ...

Focal infection • Foliate papillae • Forensic dentistry • Frank Abbott (dentist) • Frank Crowther • Frederick B. Moorehead • ...

Meanwhile, focal infection theory-a primary means of interpreting the autointoxication principle-was "coming of age". In 1916, ... Within the English-speaking world, the lectures of Hunter and of Billings "ignited the fires of focal infection", whose theory ... Kopeloff, Nicolas; Cheney, Clarence O (1922). "Studies in focal infection: Its presence and elimination in the functional ... Kopeloff, Nicolas; Kirby, George H (1923). "Focal infection and mental disease". American Journal of Psychiatry. 80 (2): 149-91 ...

Miller, WD: The human mouth as a focus of infection. Dent Cosmos 1891; 33:689, 789, 913. Pallasch, TJ; Wahl, MJ (2003). "Focal ... A second major contribution of WD Miller was the focal infection theory. Miller proposed that oral microorganisms or their ... As this rarely produced a positive health benefit, the concept of oral focal infection gradually lost credibility. However, in ... Although Miller did not suggest removal of teeth to eliminate the focus of infection and advocated treating and filling root ...

For example, focal infection theory, which held that focal infections of the tonsils or teeth are a primary cause of systemic ... Focal infection theory (FIT) as the primary cause of systemic disease rapidly became accepted by mainstream dentistry and ... Pallasch, TJ (March 2000). "The focal infection theory: appraisal and reappraisal". Journal of the California Dental ...

Noll, Richard (2004a). "Historical Review: Autointoxication and focal infection theories of dementia praecox". World Journal of ...

2004 Historical review: Autointoxication and focal infection theories of dementia praecox. World Journal of Biological ...

"Focal Infection and Mental Disease", American Journal of Psychiatry (1923-1924): 149-197. Bunker, H.A., and George H. Kirby. " ... "The Relation of Focal Infection to Mental Disease", The Journal of Mental Science (1929): 267-270. Kirby, George H. " ...

Late in his career, Kells was a vocal critic of focal infection theory, the idea that minor infections in one part of the body ... Kells criticized focal infection theory at a 1919 meeting of the National Dental Association. He later called mass extractions ... By the 1950s, few dentists believed that the evidence supported focal infection theory. Late in his life, Kells wrote two books ... Kells was an outspoken critic of focal infection theory, the widely held belief that mass dental extraction would stop tooth ...

Central nervous system infection may lead to hydrocephalus, seizures, and focal neurological deficit. Soil debris associated ... For people who have severe lung infections, or infections in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), the treatment ... For people who have asymptomatic infections or mild-to-moderate pulmonary infections, the treatment is usually fluconazole. ... causing meningitis and focal brain lesions called cryptococcomas) in humans. The main complication of lung infection is ...

Primary bacteraemia, infection without identifiable focal origin, comprises approximately 20% of the reported cases. Recently, ... "M proteins of group G streptococci isolated from bacteremic human infections". Infection and Immunity. 55 (3): 753-757. doi: ... Moreover, it is an important cause of bone and joint infections, and this disease manifestation is reported to be increasing. ... However, an increasing incidence of S. dysgalactiae infections has been documented, and in some geographic regions, the rate of ...

... is an infection by Alternaria, presenting cutaneously as focal, ulcerated papules and plaques.: 330 Treatment ...

Focal infection theory Focus of infection Vector (epidemiology) Cramer, Lorraine (1 September 2011). "Fomites, fomites, fomites ... 1 June 2010). "The necktie as a potential vector of infection: are doctors happy to do without?". Journal of Hospital Infection ... The risk of infection by these diseases and others through fomites can be greatly reduced by simply washing one's hands. When ... Fomites are associated particularly with hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), as they are possible routes to pass pathogens ...

Drug use or infections may cause focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a very chronic kidney condition. FSGS may also ... BK virus Epstein-Barr virus infection Glomerulosclerosis--WebMD (Articles with short description, Short description is ... More specifically, glomerulosclerosis can refer to:[citation needed] Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis Nodular ...

Upon entering the mammalian bloodstream, L. major meets the focal point of infection, the macrophage. As a result of two ... The infection is acute, and usually has a duration of about 3-6 months. As more and more phagocytic cells engulf promastigotes ... Morsy TA, Schnur LF, Feinsod FM, Salem AM, Wahba MM, el Said SM (1987). "Natural infections of Leishmania major in domestic ... Because the host's immune system tends to resolve infection after 3-6 months, treatment of the lesions generally focuses on ...

This was called the "focal infection theory", and it led some dentists to advocate dental extraction. In the 1930s, this theory ... Usually, some inflammation and/or infection is already present within and/or below the tooth. To cure the infection and save ... There are risks to forgoing treatment, including pain, infection and the possibility of worsening dental infection such that ... Further occurrences of pain could indicate the presence of continuing infection or retention of vital nerve tissue.[citation ...

Medicine portal Barodontalgia Focal infection theory Intraoral dental sinus Rapini RP, Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL (2007). ... A dental abscess is a type of odontogenic infection, although commonly the latter term is applied to an infection which has ... Internal drainage is of more concern as growing infection makes space within the tissues surrounding the infection. Severe ... Also infection can spread down the tissue spaces to the mediastinum which has significant consequences on the vital organs such ...

He had a dentist who claimed he had focal infection whenever any club wanted to go further. By following these steps, he ...

Darling ST (1906). "A protozoan general infection producing pseudotubercles in the lungs and focal necrosis in the liver, ... Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. Symptoms of this infection vary greatly, but the disease ... and Emerging Mould Infections". Infections in Medicine. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2009 ... Histoplasmosis: Fungal Infections at Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Home Edition Moen MD, Lyseng-Williamson KA, Scott LJ ...

Tietze's syndrome and arthritis of manubriosternal joint due to focal infection". The Journal of Dermatology. 4 (2): 53-9. doi: ... Thus, it has been hypothesized that the repetitive mild trauma of a severe cough from a respiratory infection may produce small ... The respiratory infection has also been observed accompanying rheumatoid arthritis which, coupled with leukocytosis, ... One popular theory is based on observations that many patients begin developing symptoms following a respiratory infection and ...

This damage along with poor hygiene predisposes the area to local infection, and such infection can progress to scarring and ... and focal edema. In Blum & Ritter's study in West Germany (1990), they found that 27% of their population had only minor issues ... Acne-like lesions and cysts may form at the site due to foreign body reactions, and infections may also occur due to poor ... Infections should be treated conservatively, and causative species should be identified through smear and culture for ...

For sepsis or severe focal infections, especially if associated with immunosuppression, the recommended regimen includes ... Y. enterocolitica infection causes the disease yersiniosis, which is an animal-borne disease occurring in humans, as well as in ... Acute Y. enterocolitica infections usually lead to mild, self-limiting enterocolitis or terminal ileitis and adenitis in humans ... Y. enterocolitica infections are sometimes followed by chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, erythema nodosum, and ...

... known as focal infection theory, a theory which resulted in many extractions of tonsils and teeth. Focal infection theory fell ... By the 1930s, the theory of focal infection began to be reexamined, and new research shed doubt on the results of previous ... 16-17 "An Evaluation of the Effect of Dental Focal Infection on Health" JADA 42:609-697 June 1951 (1946) Washington State ... "The Focal Infection Theory: Appraisal and Reappraisal" Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, Journal of the California ...

Because of the theory of focal infection, many surgeons believed that not only enlarged tonsils, but all tonsils should be ... It does not appear to affect the long term risk of infections in other areas of the body. Some studies have found small changes ... Surgery is not recommended for those with fewer than seven documented throat infections in the last year, fewer than five each ... This method was not popular with the patients due to the immense pain it caused and the infection that usually followed. ...

A focal infection is an initial site of infection from which organisms travel via the bloodstream to another area of the body. ... Urinary tract infection Skin infection Respiratory tract infection Odontogenic infection (an infection that originates within a ... An infection that is inactive or dormant is called a latent infection. An example of a latent bacterial infection is latent ... Persistent infections occur because the body is unable to clear the organism after the initial infection. Persistent infections ...

Helene helped establish a clinic to research the relationship between unrelated diseases and focal infections and contributed ...

LCMV infections are focal Estimates of its prevalence in wild mouse populations range from 0% to 60%, with an average ... state, Infection with LCMV should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any compatible, severe viral infection or ... Such infections are rare. To date, (January 2017) documented infections in humans have occurred only after introduction to ... Lymphocytic choriomeningitis is not a commonly reported infection in humans, though most infections are mild and are often ...

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Often it is associated with focal bacterial or fungal infections, and can also manifest as one of the symptoms of an internal ... This process is not associated with bacterial action or infection. Ultimately, in a living patient most necrotic cells and ... Liquefactive necrosis can also take place due to certain infections. Neutrophils, fighting off a bacteria, will release ...

In the case of patient 'SS', the infection led to focal or isolated retrograde amnesia where there was an absence of or limited ... Infections that pass the blood-brain barrier can cause brain damage (encephalitis), sometimes resulting in the onset of RA. ... An absence of anterograde amnesia (AA) characterizes pure forms of RA, which fall into three main categories: focal, isolated, ... Wheeler MA, McMillan CT (March 2001). "Focal retrograde amnesia and the episodic-semantic distinction". Cognitive, Affective & ...