Open AccessOsteomyelitis of the mandible due to Aggregatibacter (<i>Actinobacillus</i>) actinomycetemcomitans
Author(s) -
Beena Antony,
Shaji Thomas,
SC Chandrashekar,
M Sudeep Kumar,
V. Kumar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/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.