Abstract
Bacteriological studies were carried out in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Samples were gathered by means of needle aspiration from the closed abscess. Including 2 species fungi, the total number of isolated organisms was 285 species. Their susceptibilities to T-3262 (tosufloxacin tosilate), norfloxacine (NFLX), ofloxacin (OFLX) and enoxacin (ENX) were determined. The results were as follows.
1. The proportion of aerobes to anaerobes was 62.1% to 37.2% respectively.
2. The aerobes consisted predominantly of Oral Streptococci. The anaerobes consisted largely of Peptostreptococci and Bacteroides.
3. T-3262 demonstrated high effectiveness on the isolated organisms. NFLX and ENX had little effectiveness on the isolated organisms.
