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. 1990 Oct;28(10):2205-9.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.10.2205-2209.1990.

Detection and quantitation by lysis-filtration of bacteremia after different oral surgical procedures

A Heimdahl  1 , G Hall, M Hedberg, H Sandberg, P O Söder, K Tunér, C E Nord
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Detection and quantitation by lysis-filtration of bacteremia after different oral surgical procedures

A Heimdahl et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1990 Oct.

Abstract

Patients with bacteremia after dental extraction, third-molar surgery, dental scaling, endodontic treatment, and bilateral tonsillectomy were studied by means of lysis-filtration of blood samples with subsequent aerobic and anaerobic incubation. Samples were obtained before, during, and 10 min after treatment. Bacteremia was observed in 100% of patients after dental extraction, 55% of patients after third-molar surgery, 70% of patients after dental scaling, 20% of patients after endodontic treatment, and 55% of patients after bilateral tonsillectomy. Anaerobic microorganisms were isolated more frequently than aerobic microorganisms were, and viridans group streptococci were the most commonly isolated bacteria. Ten minutes after treatment, the frequency as well as the magnitude of bacteremia showed pronounced reduction.

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