Fusospirochetal pharyngitis

Fusospirochetal pharyngitis, also known as Vincent's angina or acute necrotizing ulcerative tonsillopharyngitis, is an acute polymicrobial infection involving the pharynx and palatine tonsils

Fusospirochetal pharyngitis, also known as Vincent's angina or acute necrotizing ulcerative tonsillopharyngitis, is an acute polymicrobial infection involving the pharynx and palatine tonsils Pathophysiologically, it is driven by an opportunistic, synergistic overgrowth of anaerobic fusiform bacilli, predominantly *Fusobacterium necrophorum* or *Fusobacterium nucleatum*, and oral spirochetes such as *Treponema* species, frequently arising in hosts with poor dentition, physical exhaustion, malnut...

Pathophysiologically, it is driven by an opportunistic, synergistic overgrowth of anaerobic fusiform bacilli, predominantly *Fusobacterium necrophorum* or *Fusobacterium nucleatum*, and oral spirochetes such as *Treponema* species, frequently arising in hosts with poor dentition, physical exhaustion, malnutrition, or relative immunocompromise Clinically, it most often presents in adolescents and adults with severe sore throat, painful swallowing, foul-smelling breath, regional cervical lymphaden...

Pathophysiologically, it is driven by an opportunistic, synergistic overgrowth of anaerobic fusiform bacilli, predominantly *Fusobacterium necrophorum* or *Fusobacterium nucleatum*, and oral spirochetes such as *Treponema* species, frequently arising in hosts with poor dentition, physical exhaustion, malnutrition, or relative immunocompromise

Clinically, it most often presents in adolescents and adults with severe sore throat, painful swallowing, foul-smelling breath, regional cervical lymphadenopathy, and characteristically unilateral tonsillopharyngeal ulcerations covered by a dirty-gray, necrotic pseudomembrane

Clinically, it most often presents in adolescents and adults with severe sore throat, painful swallowing, foul-smelling breath, regional cervical lymphadenopathy, and characteristically unilateral tonsillopharyngeal ulcerations covered by a dirty-gray, necrotic pseudomembrane

Clinically, it most often presents in adolescents and adults with severe sore throat, painful swallowing, foul-smelling breath, regional cervical lymphadenopathy, and characteristically unilateral tonsillopharyngeal ulcerations covered by a dirty-gray, necrotic pseudomembrane