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Nonhealing extraction site due to Actinomyces naeslundii in patient with AIDS
K V Watkins1, A S Richmond, I M Langstein
1Veterans Administration Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
There are many oral complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection. One of the infectious sequelae is contamination and delayed healing of the tooth extraction site. We report a case of a nonhealing extraction site in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Histologic and microbiologic evaluation determined the causative species of bacterium to be Actinomyces naeslundii. Diagnosis and treatment are discussed.