Dental Sepsis and Septicaemia

fluoride and dental fluorosis and treatment

چکیده ندارد.

Subdural abscess secondary to covert dental sepsis.

The bacterial flora of a subdural abscess in a 17-yearold male, with radiological evidence of unilateral infection of the maxillary and frontal air sinuses, was typical of that encountered in the dental sulcus. Extensive examination revealed no primary focus of infection other than apical infection in the 2 upper first molar teeth, which were extracted. Treatment with ampicillin, gentamicin and...

Meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia.

Neisseria meningitidis accounted for over half the 2,360 notified cases of meningitis in England and Wales in 19971 and is the leading infectious cause of death in childhood2–4. There were twice as many notifications of meningococcal disease in 1997 as in 1994 and the mortality remained at around 10% (ca 240 deaths)1,2. This article focuses on the presentation and management of meningococcal di...

The prevention of dental caries and oral sepsis.

Neonatal septicaemia.

A total of 410 proved cases of neonatal septicaemia from seven Finnish hospitals seen between 1976 and 1980 were reviewed. The annual incidence of neonatal septicaemia was 3 per 1000 births, and overall mortality was 23%. Onset was early in most patients. Symptoms of septicaemia occurred within the first 24 hours of life in 44% and within the first week of life in 90%. In the very early onset d...