Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 51931, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/IDOG/2006/51931
Obstetrics Case Report

Severe Life Threatening Maxillofacial Infection in Pregnancy Presented as Ludwig's Angina

Shelly Abramowicz,1 Jacques S. Abramowicz,2 and M. Franklin Dolwick1

1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Florida School of Dentistry, Gainesville 32610, FL, USA
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush University, Chicago 60612, IL, USA

Received 5 January 2006; Revised 27 April 2006; Accepted 27 April 2006

Copyright © 2006 Shelly Abramowicz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Linked References

  1. R G Topazian, M H Goldberg, and J R Hupp, Oral and Maxillofacial Infections, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa, 4th edition, 2002.
  2. B F Marple, “Ludwig angina: a review of current airway management,” Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 125, no. 5, pp. 596–600, 1999.
  3. J H Aroesty, J T Lanza, and F E Lucente, “Otolaryngology and pregnancy—difficult management decisions,” Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 109, no. 6, pp. 1061–1069, 1993.
  4. W M Barron, “Medical evaluation of the pregnant patient requiring nonobstetric surgery,” Clinics in Perinatology, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 481–496, 1985.
  5. R M Silver, M R Peltier, and D W Branch, “The immunology of pregnancy,” in Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice, R K Creasy and R Resnik, Eds., pp. 89–109, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa, 2004.
  6. D R Lawrenz, B D Whitley, and J F Helfrick, “Considerations in the management of maxillofacial infections in the pregnant patient,” Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 474–485, 1996. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  7. M Turner and S R Aziz, “Management of the pregnant oral and maxillofacial surgery patient,” Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 1479–1488, 2002. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
  8. F A Scannapieco, R B Bush, and S Paju, “Periodontal disease as a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. A systematic review,” Annals of Periodontology, vol. 8, pp. 70–78, 2003. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  9. A R Goepfert, M K Jeffcoat, W W Andrews, et al., “Periodontal disease and upper genital tract inflammation in early spontaneous preterm birth,” Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 104, no. 4, pp. 777–783, 2004.
  10. P A Moore, “Selecting drugs for the pregnant dental patient,” Journal of the American Dental Association, vol. 129, no. 9, pp. 1281–1286, 1998.