A Case of Odontogenic Infection by Streptococcus constellatus Leading to Systemic Infection in a Cogan’s Syndrome Patient

Odontogenic infection in immunocompromised patients tends to extend systemically beyond the oral cavity. Our case report presents a patient with sepsis due to a Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus) odontogenic infection in a 64-year-old-immunocompromised woman with Cogan’s syndrome. She had...

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Published in:Case reports in dentistry 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-4
Main Authors: Takato, Tsuyoshi, Hoshi, Kazuto, Saijo, Hideto, Abe, Takahiro, Ohata, Yae, Inaki, Ryoko, Mori, Yoshiyuki, Abe, Masanobu, Ohkubo, Kazumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ankle
Bacteria
Blood
Case Report
Chronic illnesses
Colleges & universities
Dental caries
Hospitalization
Infections
Maxillofacial surgery
Meningitis
Pulmonary arteries
Sepsis
Streptococcus constellatus
Surgery
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Summary:Odontogenic infection in immunocompromised patients tends to extend systemically beyond the oral cavity. Our case report presents a patient with sepsis due to a Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus) odontogenic infection in a 64-year-old-immunocompromised woman with Cogan’s syndrome. She had been suffering from chronic mandibular osteomyelitis which was thought to have been caused by dental caries and/or chronic periodontitis with furcation involvement of the left mandibular first molar. We suspect that the acute symptoms of the chronic osteomyelitis due to S. constellatus led to the systemic infection. This infection could be accelerated by the use of a corticosteroid and an alendronate. This is the first report which represents the potential association between odontogenic infection and Cogan’s syndrome.
ISSN:2090-6447
2090-6455
DOI:10.1155/2014/793174