DENTAL INFECTION IN A CIRRHOTIC PATIENT - SOURCE OF RECURRENT SEPSIS
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 76 (4) , 836-839
Abstract
A patient with alcoholic cirrhosis had multiple episodes of sepsis with Klebsiella pneumoniae. Repeated searches for the source of infection finally revealed the organism in the root of a tooth. Evidence indicated that this site was the primary source of infection. The importance of dental infections in alcoholics and the difficulty in diagnosing those infections are emphasized by this case.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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