Question 1 · LDEK · Osteomyelitis of the jaws
Indicate the true statement regarding the use of general antibiotic therapy in the course of chronic osteitis:
- A. exacerbation of the condition constitutes the indication.
- B. patient’s poor condition is the indication.
- C. it is a supportive therapy in the course of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
- D. in chronic osteitis, the primary method of administering antibiotics is their local implantation; there are no indications for general therapy.
- E. true answers are A and B.
Hint
Think about when a chronic, walled-off bone infection becomes a systemic problem that surgery and local measures alone cannot control.
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