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[Dentogenic infection due to Streptococcus constellatus in a child]
W Handrick1, R Schille, A Hemprich
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Infektiologie, Oststrasse, Leipzig, Germany. handw@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Klinische Padiatrie
|October 3, 2001
Abstract:
An 8-year-old boy was admitted with a pain-full swelling at the right mandible and symptoms of septicemia. The illness was caused by a dental infection due to Streptococcus constellatus proved by isolation from blood culture, the origin was a decayed tooth. Treatment comprised suitable antibiotics, extraction of the tooth and local irrigations with chlorhexidine solution. General condition improved rapidly, the local situation rather slowly, however.