Review article

Endocarditis caused by dentogenous factors

Zdenko Njemirovskij ; Zavod za bolesti zuba Stomatološkog fakulteta, Zagreb
Dinko Blažić ; Zavod za bolesti zuba Stomatološkog fakulteta, Zagreb
Zoran Azinović ; Zavod za bolesti zuba Stomatološkog fakulteta, Zagreb

Abstract

The authors state that the diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis of dentogenous origin is based on the findings of the heart specialist, bacteriologist and dental surgeon. It is known that about 30% of all cases of bacterial endocarditis are of dentogenous origin and that a predisposition for this affliction is present in 1 % of the entire population. The prognosis depends on the rapidity of the diagnosis and on the treatment. Hemoculture is the most important diagnostical aid element. Batcterial endocarditis often develops after an intervention in the oral cavity and the most frequent causative agent is the streptococcus. The task of the dental surgeon is to detect and to remove the focus. Every dental-medical intervention in the oral cavity must be undertaken under the protection of antibiotics in all patients who suffer from or who have just recovered from bacterial endocarditis or in cases where there exists a predisposition for bacterial endocarditis. All the aforesaid shows that the diagnosis and treatment must be undertaken in close cooperation of the heart specialist bacterilogist and dental surgeon.

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Hrčak ID:

108196

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/108196

Publication date:

15.12.1971.

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