title: [Plaut-Vincent's acute necrotizing ulcerative fusospirillum tonsillitis associated to infectious mononucleosis].
abstract: We report the case of a 14 years old girl patient with recurrent tonsillitis who had been diagnosed and admitted previously with Plaut-Vincent's angina. Six weeks after leaving the hospital she was assited in Emergencies by an infectious mononucleosis associated to unilateral tonsillar necrotizing ulceration from which a sample was taken to microbiological exam finding the fusospirochaetal complex Borrelia vincenti and Fusobacterium necrophorum. A literature review at the respect of such association and its treatment is performed.
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz. vicentepinorivero@terra.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pino Rivero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González Palomino
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Pantoja Hernández
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trinidad Ramos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcos García
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rejas Ugena
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blasco Huelva
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications*; D009336:Necrosis; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*