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17325089

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
The study was undertaken to characterize the microbiology of dental abscesses in children and to compare clindamycin and ampicillin/sulbactam in the treatment of facial cellulitis of odontogenic origin. Sixty children with acute facial cellulitis of dental origin underwent surgery (extraction or root canal procedure) within 24 hours of presentation. Pus samples were cultured aerobically and anaerobically. Patients were randomized (1:1) to receive intravenous ampicillin/sulbactam or clindamycin for 48 hours followed by oral amoxicillin/clavulanate or clindamycin for 7 days. A total of 211 bacterial isolates were recovered from 54 samples. The most common aerobic and facultative organisms were viridans streptococci, Neisseria, and Eikenella species. Among anaerobes, Prevotella and Peptostreptococcus species were the most frequent. No treatment failure occurred in either group. Dental abscesses in children are polymicrobial aerobic/anaerobic infections. Treatment of complicated dental infections with ampicillin plus a beta-lactamase inhibitor or clindamycin in combination with surgical drainage is very effective.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0009-9228
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
154-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Clindamycin versus Unasyn in the treatment of facial cellulitis of odontogenic origin in children.
pubmed:affiliation
Children's Hospital of Michigan and Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial