Diagnosis and treatment of phlegmons maxillofacial area and ways of its optimization

In the article the modern data on the prevalence, methods of diagnosis and treatment in patients with phlegmons of maxillofacial area are generalized. The advantages of gas chromatography mass-spectrometry method are reviewed. The role of this diagnostic method in the prevention of severe complications is discussed.The main method of the research of the phlegmons’ causative agents is the bacteriological analysis of the contemination of wound seeding, but this process is long, labor consuming and expensive. The period of the analyte delivery in laboratory to obtaining a full-scale response is from 7 through 10 days. However the efficient treatment requires a fast identification of the pathogen, both aerob and anaerob, for conducting tha adequate antibacterial therapy. But the response from bacteriological laboratory usually comes by the time when the patient discharges from the hospital and it is not always adequate, because if there is no anaerobic culture apparatus in the clinic, then the identification of the infection is impossible.