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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5794-5797, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5794-5797.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of the Mandibular Third Molar Pericoronitis Flora and Its Susceptibility to Different Antibiotics Prescribed in France

Jean-Louis Sixou,1* Christophe Magaud,1 Anne Jolivet-Gougeon,2 Michel Cormier,2 and Martine Bonnaure-Mallet1

Equipe de Biologie Buccale UPRES-EA 1256,1 Laboratoire de Microbiologie Pharmaceutique UPRES-EA 1254, Université de Rennes 1, 35000 Rennes, France2

Received 14 March 2003/ Returned for modification 18 July 2003/ Accepted 20 September 2003

This work assessed the polymicrobial flora of mandibular third molar pericoronitis. Obligate anaerobes were found in almost all cases (32 of 35). Amoxicillin and pristinamycin were the most effective against the flora, particularly aerobic organisms. Metronidazole alone or combined with spiramycin was the most effective drug against obligate anaerobes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Equipe de Biologie Buccale, 2 place Pasteur, 35000 Rennes, France. Phone: 33 2 23 23 43 82. Fax: 33 2 23 23 43 04. E-mail: jean-louis.sixou{at}univ-rennes1.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5794-5797, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5794-5797.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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