title: Efficiency of Empirically Administered Antibiotics in Patients with Cervical Infections of Odontogenic Origin.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Odontogenic infections are among the main types of disorders located in the cephalic extremity. The aim of this study was to determine the efficiency of empirically administered antibiotics on the bacterial strains identified at the infection sites.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 10 randomly selected patients with odontogenic cervical soft tissue infections, who received antibiotic treatment prescribed by the family doctor or the dentist. The bacterial flora involved in the development of the septic process, the type of antibiotic administered to the patient and the sensitivity of the identified bacterial flora to the administered antibiotic were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 10 selected patients, 14 bacterial strains were detected; 7 patients had a single bacterial strain, and 3 patients had two or three types of bacteria. Of the administered antibiotics, amoxicillin was the most widely used (33.3% of the cases), followed by amoxicillin with beta-lactamase inhibitors (25% of the cases). In half of the patients, there was no sensitivity of the bacteria detected in the septic focus to the empirically administered antibiotic, and in 10% of the cases, partial sensitivity was evidenced.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Empirical administration of antibiotics without the association of surgery did not prove to be effective in the treatment of cervical infections of odontogenic origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Mihai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Juncar
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Florin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: OniȘor-Gligor
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Implantology and Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Simion
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bran
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetics, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Raluca-Iulia
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Juncar
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Implantology and Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Mihaela-Felicia
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: BăciuȚ
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Dinu-Iuliu
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: DumitraȘcu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Grigore
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: BăciuȚ
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Iuliu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moldovan
keywords: abscess; antibiotic therapy; odontogenic bacteria; odontogenic infections; soft tissue infections