Table 1: Frequent bacterias in odontogenic infections. Adapted from Brook I, et al. [17].

Gram stain

Type of bacteria

Aerobes or facultative anaerobes

Strict anaerobios

Gram-positive

Cocci

Streptococcus spp

Staphylococcus spp

Peptococcus spp

Peptostreptoccus spp

Rods

Lactobacillus spp

Eubacterium

Actinomyces

Gram-negative

Cocci

Veilonella

Rods

Capnocytophaga spp

Actinobacilo spp

Eikenella spp

Porphyromonas spp

Bacteroides spp

Prevotella spp

Fusobacterium spp

Selenomonas sputigena