CULTURE SENSITIVITY OF ODONTOGENIC INFECTIONS IN THE HEAD AND NECK REGION.
Srinivas Saketh G
, N.V.V. Satya Bhushan
, U. Siva Kalyan
, Kho Chai Chiang
, M. Bharat Prakash
and K. Bramara Kumari.
- Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Visakhapatnam.
- Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Visakhapatnam.
- Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Visakhapatnam.
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Visakhapatnam.
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A randomized prospective study was conducted on 30 patients to identify the predominant organism in the odontogenic infections of the head and neck region and also to find out the drugs to which they are sensitive and resistant. Inoculation of each sample was done using blood agar and nutrient broth cultures for aerobes while plain blood agar and McConkey agar cultures were used for anaerobes. Klebsiella (40%) and Proteus (23.3%) species were the predominant anaerobic species present. The sensitivity was shown higher to Ciprofloxacin (63.3%) and Amikacin (46.6%) while resistance was present against Ampicillin (60%) and Cefpodoxime (56.6%). Thus, it was concluded that Klebsiella and Proteus are the predominant micro-organisms present in the infections of the head and neck region and are sensitive to Ciprofloxacin and Amikacin.
[Srinivas Saketh G, N.V.V. Satya Bhushan, U. Siva Kalyan, Kho Chai Chiang, M. Bharat Prakash and K. Bramara Kumari. (2016); CULTURE SENSITIVITY OF ODONTOGENIC INFECTIONS IN THE HEAD AND NECK REGION. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Dec). 2377-2383] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Final year Post Graduate student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Visakhapatnam.
