A Case of Odontogenic Infection by Streptococcus constellatus Leading to Systemic Infection in a Cogan's Syndrome Patient

• Main Authors: Masanobu Abe (Author), Yoshiyuki Mori (Author), Ryoko Inaki (Author), Yae Ohata (Author), Takahiro Abe (Author), Hideto Saijo (Author), Kazumi Ohkubo (Author), Kazuto Hoshi (Author), Tsuyoshi Takato (Author)
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• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Odontogenic infection in immunocompromised patients tends to extend systemically beyond the oral cavity. Our case report presents a patient with sepsis due to a Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus) odontogenic infection in a 64-year-old-immunocompromised woman with Cogan's syndrome. She...