title: [Current flora of mandibular osteomyelitis].
abstract: 1) Blood-borne osteomyelitis may have a dental portal of entry. This results in a bacteraemia or septicaemia due to organisms other than staphylococci. In such cases, osseous lesions occur at a distance from the initial dental site. 2) As far as antibiotic treatment is concerned:--It must be begun early but not prematurely, i.e. bacteriological studies should be undertaken before antibotic therapy is started, possibly to be later changed in the light of laboratory results.--It should be combined, with a preference for two antibiotics which result in a bactericidal combination, as soon as the responsible organism is identified.--It should be given in high dosage, in view of the problem of diffusion of the antibiotic to the centre of the necrotic bone lesion.--It should be prolonged, based upon clinical, laboratory and radiological findings.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Flore actuelle des ostéomyélites mandibulaires.