Maxillary Infections Part II Flashcards
Fluoroquinolone MOA
Inhibit DNA synthesis
Can get spontaneous tendon rupture on this drug.
Fluoroquinolones.
Do not use this antibiotic in pediatric and adolescent populations.
Fluoroquinolones
Fluoroquinolones end in what?
Floxacin
Low dose clindamycin is…
Bacteriostatic
Use this drug if you can’t use PENVK
Erythromycin
Erythromycin static or cidal?
STATIC
Abs that can be given to pregnant women.
FDA Category B
Penicillin and Erythromycin
These taken with Erythromyin can cause cardiac rhythm disturbances.
Antihistamines or Caffeine
Ab that can cause hearing loss.
Erythromycin
Maximal dose of Erythromycin; more than this and you get ________.
4 grams/day
Hearing loss
This antibiotic causes enamel hypoplasia.
Tetracyclines
This accumulates in a specific anatomic space.
Pus
An abscess accumulates between which structures?
Bone and periosteum
The only true anatomic space in the head and neck.
Suprasternal space of Berns
Spaces that require fluid accumulation to be consider a “space.”
Potential space
Potential spaces for maxillary infections to spread.
Eye, ear, and brain
Potential spaces for mandibular infections to spread.
Neck, mediastinum, diaphragm
If the roots of an infected tooth are below the mylohyoid attachment, the infection manifests _______.
extraorally
This is a non-odontogenic infection that can mimic one.
Cervicofacial cellulitis of childhood.
Infection of the nasolacrimal duct.
The nasolabial fold is lost in these infections.
Odontogenic infections.
This is present in infections that mimic non-odontogenic infections.
Nasolabial fold
Any maxillary infection can spread to this sinus and kill the person.
Cavernous Sinus
What’s different about the veins of the face?
Why is this bad?
Have NO valves!
Bad bc infections can move into the brain- no valves to stop it.
If there’s an infection of the parotid gland, what is released upon palpation?
Saliva NOT pus!
2/3 of pus-producing infections of the salivary gland are produced by what?
staph species
1/3 of pus-producing infections of the salivary gland are made by what?
e. coli
One of the most common mandibular infections.
Pericoronitis.
Regions involved in Ludwig’s Angina
Submandibular
Sublingual
Submental
