Occurrence of yeasts, pseudomonads and enteric bacteria in the oral cavity of patients undergoing head and neck radiotherapy
Braz. j. microbiol
; 42(3): 1047-1055, July-Sept. 2011. tab
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of yeasts, pseudomonads and enteric bacteria in the oral cavity of patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT) for treatment of head and neck cancer. Fifty patients receiving RT were examined before, during and 30 days after RT. Saliva, mucosa, and biofilm samples were collected and microorganisms were detected by culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The most prevalent yeasts in patients submitted to RT were Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, C. krusei, C. glabrata and C. parapsilosis. Citrobacter, Enterobacter, Enterococcus, Klebsiella, Proteus, and Pseudomonas were the most frequently cultivated bacteria. Before RT, targeted bacteria were cultivated from 22.2 percent of edentulous patients and 16.6 percent of dentate patients; 30 days after RT, these microorganisms were recovered from 77.8 percent edentulous and 46.8 percent dentate patients. By PCR, these microorganisms were detected from all edentulous patients, 78.1 percent of dentate patients. The presence of Gram-negative enteric roads and fungi was particularly frequent in patients presenting mucositis level III or IV. Modifications in the oral environment due to RT treatment seem to facilitate the colonization of oral cavity by members of family Enterobacteriaceae, genera Enterococcus and Candida.
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Asunto principal:
Radioterapia
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Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Operativos
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Levaduras
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Técnicas In Vitro
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Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa
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Enterobacteriaceae
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Infecciones por Enterobacteriaceae
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Boca
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Noma
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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Braz. j. microbiol
Asunto de la revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Año:
2011
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Article
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