Assessment of periodontitis and its role in viridans streptococcal bacteremia and infective endocarditis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the role of periodontitis in viridans group streptococci (VGS) bacteremia and infective endocarditis (IE). METHODS:A total of 200 subjects including two groups. Group A- 34 subjects undergoing tooth extraction with periodontitis, 46 subjects undergoing tooth extraction without periodontitis and 40 healthy controls. Group B: 40 confirmed cases of IE (17 with and 23 without periodontitis) and 40 healthy controls. Subgingival plaque and blood samples were obtained and processed by standard procedures. RESULTS:A total of 53 blood samples (66.25%) yielded positive cultures after tooth extraction. The relationship between the presence of periodontitis and a positive blood culture was significantly higher (p=0.05) for tooth extraction cases with periodontitis (79.40%) than

SUBMITTER: Dhotre S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993913 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar - Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature