Adrian Nicolae Venter

Keywords: Oropharyngeal infections diabetes mellitus hypertension metabolic syndrome chronic inflammation immune response metabolic comorbidities infectious severity endothelial dysfunction susceptibility to infections Introduction Oropharyngeal infections represent a common health concern, with a wide spectrum of severity ranging from mild to severe complications requiring emergency medical intervention (1).

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