Table 1 Descriptive statistics and differences between infection source in 294 patients

All

153

52.0

141

48.0

Age (years)

<0.001*

 Min-max

12.9–89.9

3.9–89.3

 Mean

51.3

36.1

Sex

0.151**

 Male

88

48.6

93

51.4

 Female

65

57.5

48

42.5

Duration of symptoms (days)

0.118*

 Min-max

0–38

0–34

 Mean

4.9

4.7

Extraoral swelling present

< 0.001**

 Yes

130

92.9

10

7.1

 No

23

14.5

131

85.5

Intraoral swelling present

< 0.001**

 Yes

112

44.4

140

55.6

 No

41

95.7

1

4.3

Swallowing difficulty

< 0.001**

 Yes

28

19.4

116

80.6

 No

125

90.6

25

9.4

Referring professional

< 0.001**

 Medical doctor

48

27.1

132

73.3

 Dentist

80

100.0

0

0.0

 Without referral

25

67.6

9

26.5