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ABS TRACT Ob jec ti ve: The pur po se of this study was to eva lu a te the cha rac te ris tics and cli ni cal out co mes of pa ti ents with oro fa ci al in fec ti ons. Material and Met hods: A ret ros pec ti ve study was con duc ted in 440 pa ti ents with oro fa ci al in fec ti ons tre a ted in Di yar ba kır Mi li tary Hos pi tal from Sep tem ber 2004 thro ugh Ju ne 2008. De mog rap hic da ta, situation before admission, eti o lo gic fac tors, ima ging stu di es, in vol ved spa ces, mic ro bi o logy, tre at ment ap pro ach, and hos pi ta li za ti on days we re analy zed. Re sults: Of the 440 pa ti ents, 374 (85%) we re ma les and 66 (15%) we re fe ma les. The most com mon eti o lo gic fac tor was pe ri a pi cal abs cess re la ted to den tal ca ri es (n= 225) (51%), fol lo wed by pe ri co ro ni tis (n= 141) (32%), pe ri o don ti tis (n= 61) (14%), pos tex trac ti on con di ti ons (n= 8) (2%), and pe ri imp lan ti tis (n= 3) (1%). The in vol ved spa ces we re the sub man di bu lar spa ce (n= 173) (39%), the buc cal spa ce (n= 135) (31%), the fos sa ca ni na spa ce (n= 97) (22%) and the la te ral phary nge al spa ce (n= 35) (8%). Tris mus and dyspha gi a we re pre sent at ad mis si on in over 70% of ca ses. The most com monly iso la ted bac te ri al pat ho gens we re the ae ro bes. Two-hun dred eighty thre e pati ents re qu i red sur gi cal dra i na ge of the abs cess. Ave ra ge length of hos pi tal stay was 7.2 days. All pati ents re co ve red comp le tely wit ho ut any se ri o us comp li ca ti ons. No ne of the pa ti ents ne e ded trac he o tomy or fi be rop tic in tu ba ti on. The most com monly en co un te red pos to pe ra ti ve se qu e la was the ne ed of a se cond ope ra ti on to cor rect the ex tra o ral scar du e to spon ta ne o usly rup tu red abs cess or a pen ro se dra in. Conc lu si on: Tre at ment of oro fa ci al in fec ti ons necessitates ac cu ra te di ag no sis ai ded by ima ging stu di es, ef fec ti ve an ti bi o tic the rapy, air way ma in te nan ce and ti mely in ci si on and dra i na ge, when in di ca ted. Cul tu re and an ti bi o tic sus cep ti bi lity tes ting do not chan ge the tre at ment ap pro ach in im mu no com pe tent pa ti ents.

Diagnosis and Management of Orofacial Infections: A Retrospective Study of 440 Patients