Comparison of maxillofacial space infection in diabetic and nondiabetic patients

Management of 112 Hospitalized Patients with Spreading Odontogenic Infections: Correlation with DMFT and Oral Health Impact Profile 14 Indexes

“…The risk of infection, severity of SOI, and length of hospitalization depend on several factors, including host factors and the virulence of the infecting microorganism. 31 In the present study, univariate analysis (Table II) showed that age and presenting symptoms were significantly associated with length of hospital stay. Patients >30 years old and/or with presenting symptoms of dysphagia and/or dyspnea appeared to suffer from more severe SOIs and to need longer periods of hospitalization.…”

“…Fewer patients referred to problems such as functional limitation, physical disability, or handicap. (21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40) years in the present study population; Fig. 1).…”

“…24 Patients typically remain hospitalized until the infection is controlled and regressed, no further airway compromise or dysphagia is present, and the patient presents an oral opening of ≥25 mm. Thus, as Rao et al 31 have stated, hospital stay appears to be related to the severity of infection, because patients with more serious infections require more time to show improvement. The present study population had a relatively brief mean hospital stay of 5.2 days.…”

Isolated Idiopathic Lip Abscess: A Case Report

“…Although medication of penicillins if complication of the infection like sepsis, pneumonia, endocarditis occurs other antibiotics including clindamycin, quinolones, vancomycin should be thought. 2,6,8 Sometimes antibiotherapy alone may not be enough for the treatment of abscess in this region. In this case surgical drainage of the abscess must be considered.…”

“…Gram-positive aerobic pathogens, Haemophilus influenza, anaerobic pathogens may also cause these infections. [1][2][3] Pathogen of the infection that causes facial abscess vary by location and source of the infection. 4 The classic signs of maxillofacial infections are pain, swelling, fever, dysphagia and dehydration.…”