INCLUSION BODIES IN ORAL DISEASES – AN OVERVIEW

An Overview of Phytotherapy in Oral Diseases

A large number of common household edible ingredients and their purified constituents have shown beneficial therapeutic potential. Most of them have also been used as alternative medicine from time immemorial. All of these have been known to have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and even antitumor properties. Therefore, these herbal remedies are a promising s...

Inclusion bodies in trachoma.

THE epithelial-cell inclusion, which is characteristically found in the early stages of trachoma was first described by Halberstaedter and Prowazek (1907). Since that time, a considerable literature concerning the nature of these bodies has accumulated. It is generally conceded that they consist of virus particles together with material elaborated by the virus and/or produced by the parasitized...

Inclusion bodies: not that bad…

The formation of inclusion bodies (IBs) constitute a frequent event during the production of heterologous proteins in bacterial hosts. Although the mechanisms leading to their formation are not completely understood, empirical data have been exploited trying to predict the aggregation propensity of specific proteins while a great number of strategies have been developed to avoid the generation ...

Inclusion bodies in tick-borne diseases diagnosed in patients from northern Wisconsin.

Clinical Vignette Case 1 A 65-year-old man from northern Wisconsin, presented to the clinic with complaints of fever, chills, myalgias and severe fatigue. He lived on a farm and frequently visited the woods for hiking. On examination he was found to be febrile without hepatosplenomegaly or lymphadenopathy. His hemoglobin was 8 g/dL, white count was 2.8 with 1100 neutrophils, and the platelet co...

Oral diseases