Prevalence of Oral Microbes in the Saliva of Oncological Patients.
10.4167/jbv.2009.39.4.277
- Author:
Mi Sun KANG
1
;
Jong Suk OH
;
Hyeoung Joon KIM
;
Hee Nam KIM
;
Il Kwon LEE
;
Hong Ran CHOI
;
Ok Joon KIM
;
Young Jong KO
;
Won Bong LIM
;
Hong Ju PARK
;
Min Gi YU
;
Kyung Yi CHUNG
;
Seon Mi KIM
;
Hoi Soon LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Prevalence;
Cariogenic bacteria;
Periodontopathic bacteria;
Candida;
oncological;
PCR
- MeSH:
Bacteria;
Candida;
Candida albicans;
Forsythia;
Fusobacterium nucleatum;
Humans;
Polymerase Chain Reaction;
Porphyromonas gingivalis;
Prevalence;
Saliva;
Streptococcus mutans
- From:Journal of Bacteriology and Virology
2009;39(4):277-285
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
This study examined the prevalence of oral microbes in the saliva of oncological patients and healthy subjects. PCR was used to assess the frequency of oral microbes including 3 cariogenic bacteria, 5 periodontopathic bacteria and 4 Candida species in the saliva of 104 oncological patients and 52 healthy subjects. Among these microorganims, Streptococcus mutans, Fusobacterium nucleatum and Candida albicans were most frequently detected in both groups. There were no significant differences in the prevalence of cariogenic bacteria between the patient and healthy groups, whereas significant differences in the frequency of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Tannerella forsythia were observed between the two groups (p < 0.05). The prevalence of all five periodontopathogens was higher in the healthy group than in the patient group. The prevalence of C. albicans in patients was significantly higher than that of healthy group (p < 0.05). In conclusion, there were significant differences in the prevalence of P. gingivalis, T. forsythia and C. albicans between the oncological patient group and healthy group.
