Author(s)

Amady Coulibaly^1,2*, Abdoulaye Kassambara^1,2, Youssouf Sidibé^2,3, Diomanténé Camara¹, Abdramane S. Maïga¹, Kadia Keita¹, Alphousseiny Touré^1,2, Boubacar Ba^1,2, Hamady Traoré^1,2, Daouda K. Minta^2,4

¹Department of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU-CNOS, Bamako, Mali.
²Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, Bamako, Mali.
³Departement of Otorhinolaryngology, CHU Mère-Enfant “le Luxembourg”, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Department of Infectious Diseases, CHU-Point G, Bamako, Mali.

Cervico-facial cellulitis is a serious poly-microbial infection of the deep fascial spaces of the face and neck which may be life-threatening. The existence of an underlying ground that causes immune failure may promote or complicate this infection. The aim of this work was to describe the socio-demographic and clinical aspects of dental cervicofacial cellulitis associated with HIV in our context. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study that concerned all cases of cervico-facial cellulitis with positive HIV serology encountered at the CHU-CNOS of Bamako from May 2017 to January 2018. Twenty-four cases were collected. Cellulite with positive HIV accounted for 1.14% of consultations in the service. Females accounted for 67.66% of cases with a sex ratio of 0.5. The average age was 33.58 years old. Housewives accounted for 33.33% of cases. The bride and groom represented 83% of the cases. The triad (pain, swelling, and trismus) was the most common reason for consultation with 41.7% of cases. The tooth 37 was involved in 25% of the cases. In 87% of cases, patients were screened in the service. HIV-1 was found in 75.0% of cases. Complications such as peripheral facial palsy were found in three cases. The medico-surgical treatment was performed in 23 cases with a favorable evolution. The search for an underlying ground, in particular HIV infection, must be systematic in the face of diffuse cervicofacial cellulitis.

Cellulitis, Cervico-Facial, Infection, HIV

Coulibaly, A. , Kassambara, A. , Sidibé, Y. , Camara, D. , Maïga, A. , Keita, K. , Touré, A. , Ba, B. , Traoré, H. and Minta, D. (2022) Head and Neck Cellulitis of Dental Origin and HIV Infection: 24 Cases. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 11, 18-24. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2022.111003.