Bacteria from the mouth DO travel to distant sites of the body which is the definition of focal infection. Foci of infection in the mouth can infect other organs in the body which may cause or contribute to disease. Dr. Cole Sommers Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015...
Focal infection
Bacteria May Cause Type 2 Diabetes
The following article appeared on yahoo today, June 1, 2015. This article further illustrates the role of chronic infection on various systemic diseases. Chronic exposure to the toxins produced by the common skin bacteria Staph aureus can lead to a variety of...
The Responsibility of the Management for the Effect of Focal Infection (Especially Dental) on the Life, Health and Efficiency of the Employee
Weston A. Price, D.D.S., M.S., F.A.C.D., Cleveland, Ohio. Weston A. Price, D.D.S., M.S., F.A.C.D., Cleveland, Ohio.Read before the National Safety Council, Cleveland, September 1925. A new truth is a new sense, for with it an individual can see things which he could...
Spinal abscess and mitral valve endocarditis secondary to asymptomatic fusobacterium-induced dental abscess
S I Goolamali, M T Carulli, U M Davies S I GoolamaliM T CarulliU M DaviesDepartment of Rheumatology, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5RH, UKCorrespondence to: Dr S I Goolamali, Department of Dermatology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London SW10 9NH, UK...