Bacteremia after tooth extractions studied with the aid of prereduced anaerobically sterilized culture media.

Abstract

Both prereduced molten agar and broth and aerobic molten agar and broth were inoculated with blood samples collected from patients with periodontitis, but in otherwise good health, both before and after extraction of two or more teeth. Postoperative blood samples from 23 of 25 patients sampled yielded anaerobic and facultative species. Colony counts from nine samples yielded from less than 1 to over 100 colonies per ml of blood. Organisms detected were species belonging to the genera Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Peptostreptococcus, Leptotrichia, Propionibacterium, Peptococcus, Veillonella, plus Streptococcus mitis, S. salivarius, vibrio forms, and strains resembling S. mutans. The data indicate that prereduced anaerobically sterilized culture medium with polyanethol sulfonate is effective for detecting anaerobic species in bacteremia and that anaerobic species can be prevalent in bacteremias immediately after tooth extraction in patients with periodontitis.

• Authors: J J Crawford, J R Sconyers, J D Moriarty, R C King, J F West
• Journal: Applied microbiology (Appl Microbiol) Vol. 27 Issue 5 Pg. 927-32 (May 1974) ISSN: 0003-6919 [Print] United States
• PMID: 4598226 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anticoagulants
• Culture Media
• Sulfonic Acids
• Agar

Topics

• Aerobiosis
• Agar
• Anaerobiosis
• Animals
• Anticoagulants
• Bacteria (isolation & purification)
• Bacteriological Techniques
• Culture Media
• Gastric Juice
• Humans
• Periodontitis (complications)
• Postoperative Complications (microbiology)
• Rumen
• Sepsis (etiology)
• Sterilization
• Sulfonic Acids
• Tooth Extraction (adverse effects)