A MEDICATION-RESISTANT ACTINOMYCOTIC OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE MANDIBLE Case Report

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Published: Jun 21, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56501/intjheadneckpathol.v5i1.302
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Actinomycosis; osteomyelitis; mandible; chlorhexidine; povidone

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Fadi Makhoul
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Wadi International University (WIU)- Homs-Syria
Joul Kassis
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Damascus University,Damascus, Syria

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Actinomycosis is a chronic, slow growing but relatively uncommon infectious process affecting the maxillofacial skeleton. We report a case of Actinomycosis refractory to medication that developed at a surgical extraction site of lower impacted teeth in a 22-year-old female patient. This case was managed using povidone irrigation during surgical debridement followed by chlorhexidine dressing. This showed a significant healing process of the infection over a period of three months.

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Fadi Makhoul, & Joul Kassis. (2022). A MEDICATION-RESISTANT ACTINOMYCOTIC OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE MANDIBLE: Case Report. International Journal of Head and Neck Pathology, 5(1), 32–37. https://doi.org/10.56501/intjheadneckpathol.v5i1.302
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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): International Journal of Head and Neck Pathology
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