Septicemia caused by oral and maxillofacial infection: a retrospective study

ABSTRACT

This is a retrospective study of 35 patients suffering from Septicaemia caused by oral and maxillofacial infection of different causes admitted and treated in two University Hospitals in Tehran. The major causative factors were the firearms injuries. The incidence was 5.9/1000 admitted patients in the field of the oral and maxillofacial surgery. The males commoner than female patients. The most common micro-organisms isolated were streptococcus pyrogenes and bacteroides. The result of treatment was very good in 34 patients [97.14%], while one patient died because of cavernous sinus thrombosis after severe infection in the middle third region of the face caused by firearms injury