Periodontal pathogens in atheromatous plaque.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
;
2014 Apr-Jun 57 (2): 259-264
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-156025
ABSTRACT
Background:
There has been increasing attention paid in recent years to the possibility that oral bacterial infection, particularly periodontal disease may infl uence the initiation and or progression of systemic diseases. These studies confi rm the observation that heart disease is the most commonly found systemic condition in patients with periodontal disease. Moreover, the literature has also highlighted substantial evidence indicating the presence of Gram-negative periodontal pathogens in atheromatous plaques.Aim:
This study intends to investigate the possible association between periodontal health and coronary artery disease by evaluating periodontal status, association between the periodontal plaque and coronary atheromatous plaques for presence of micro-organisms such as, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, and Tannerella forsythia. Materials andmethods:
A case-control study was designed with seven patients who had undergone coronary endarterectomy for cardiovascular disease and 28 controls. The periodontal examination for cases was performed 1 day before vascular surgery and the controls were clinically examined. The atheromatous plaque sample collected during endarterectomy and the intraoral plaque samples were subjected to polymerase chain reaction for identifi cation of A. actinomycetemcomitans, P. gingivalis, P. intermedia and T. forsythia.Results:
The presence of periodontal bacteria DNA in coronary atheromatous plaques and sub-gingival plaque samples of the same patients was confi rmed by this study. CONCLUSION A correlation was established between putative bacteria contributing to atheromatous plaques and species associated with periodontal disease. One particularly important study to be carried out is the investigation of a possible clinically meaningful reduction in coronary heart disease resulting from the prevention or treatment of periodontal disease.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Observational study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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