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Case Reports
. 1993 Aug 21;175(4):133-4.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4808251.

A rare complication of dental treatment: Streptococcus oralis meningitis

A Colville  1 , W Davies, M Heneghan, A Goodwin, T Griffiths
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Case Reports

A rare complication of dental treatment: Streptococcus oralis meningitis

A Colville et al. Br Dent J. .

Abstract

A case of Streptococcus oralis meningitis is reported. This followed extraction of a normal tooth during routine orthodontic treatment. No focus of infection could be demonstrated, either local to or distant from the extraction site. Full recovery followed hospital admission and intravenous benzyl penicillin.

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