Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus is strongly associated with descending necrotizing mediastinitis of odontogenic origin.

We hypothesized that poorly controlled diabetic status may be a negative prognostic factor for acute mediastinitis of odontogenic origin and we conducted a cohort study in order to verify this hypothesis.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research