Delayed-onset infections after impacted lower third molar extraction: involved bacteria and sensitivity profiles to commonly used antibiotics

Fusobacterium sp., Prevotella sp., and Peptostreptococcus sp. are frequently present in delayed-onset infections after lower third molar removal. Based on the results of the microbial susceptibility tests, clindamycin seems to be the most adequate antibiotic for the treatment of this complication.