Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2023
A 61-year-old patient died in the intensive care unit due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Previously, the patient underwent a surgery for acute purulent periostitis. Histology of necropsy materials revealed hyperplasia of the lymphoid tissue of the tonsils, diffuse neutrophilic infiltration of the necrotically changed alveolar process of the jaw, regional purulent lymphadenitis, soft tissue phlegmon of the neck, bilateral polysegmental purulent pneumonia, splenomegaly, irreversible changes in cardiomyocytes and epithelium of the renal tubules, Postmortem bacteriology detected Staphylococcus aureus in the blood. What disease is the cause of these pathological manifestations?
Answer options
- Surgical sepsis
- Cryptogenic sepsis
- Tonsilogenic sepsis
- Treatment-induced sepsis
- Odontogenic sepsis
Correct answer
Odontogenic sepsis
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