Osteomyelitis of the mandible due to Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans | Zendy

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Osteomyelitis of the mandible due to Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans

Author(s) -

Beena Antony,

Shaji Thomas,

SC Chandrashekar,

MSudeep Kumar,

Veena Kumar

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

indian journal of pathology and microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 0974-5130

pISSN - 0377-4929

DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.44994

Subject(s) - actinobacillus , aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans , osteomyelitis , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , periodontitis , tetracycline , dentistry , antibiotics , biology , surgery , porphyromonas gingivalis

Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans is a capnoic gram negative coccobacilli known to produce juvenile periodontitis. This organism was isolated in pure culture from an unusual case of osteomyelitis of the mandible. The patient was treated with tetracycline, which is the drug of choice for A. actinomycetemcomitans and the clinical response improved. From our limited review of the literature, it appears that this is the first case of osteomyelitis due to A.actinomycetemcomitans reported in India.

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