title: [Pathogen spectrum and resistance status of exclusively anaerobic odontogenic infections].
abstract: Out of 440 dentogenic pyogenic infections, 171 exclusively caused by anaerobes were investigated to understand the importance of anaerobic bacteria in dental pyogenic processes better. Grampositive anaerobic bacteria dominated. The predominant grampositive isolates in monoinfections were Peptostreptococci and in the case of mixed infections, strains of the genus Eubacterium. Strains of Prevotella and Porphyromonas dominated the gramnegative anaerobic spectra. The resistance to penicillin was very low. Altogether, only one strain of Prevotella oris and one strain of Prevotella oralis showed resistance to penicillin.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Höhne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010508:Periodontal Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies