title: Septic pulmonary embolism secondary to dental focus.
abstract: A 24-year-old female was admitted to an infectious diseases unit with complaints of dyspnea and fever. She had suffered from multiple episodes of fever for 1 year. The diagnostic workup revealed multiple pulmonary nodules on the chest CT scan, suggesting septic pulmonary embolism, and a periapical abscess around the maxillary right central incisor. Because no other infectious source was found and resolution of the fever and the pulmonary lesions occurred only after extraction of the affected tooth and antibiotic therapy, the condition was diagnosed as a periapical abscess complicated by septic pulmonary embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kivanc
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Serefhanoglu
authors.forename: Yasar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bayindir
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: Kubilay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isik
authors.forename: Suleyman Savas
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hacievliyagil
authors.forename: Songul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serefhanoglu
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents