| Autor: |
Goes, Thomas, Savage, Eldon, Boyd, William |
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Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology; Dec1978, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p449-456, 8p |
| Abstrakt: |
The viridans streptococci comprise a segment of the human oral flora which may play an important role in protecting the mouth from pathogenic bacterial infections. Human exposure to pesticide residues has been implicated as a possible contributing factor in upper respiratory and streptococcal infections. Chlordane, an organochlorine insecticide, was tested in vitro for its capacity to inhibit viridans streptococci growth. Possible antimicrobial effects on laboratory isolates of this bacterial group were studied, utilizing both disk inhibition techniques and turbidimetric analysis of bacterial cell density. The method of growth modification proved to be the more sensitive of the two procedures. Total inhibition of viridans streptococci reproduction was demonstrated at a chlordane concentration of 3.0 ppm. Further studies are necessary to determine whether chlordane inhibition of streptococcal growth in vivo can cause increases in bacterial infections of the oral cavity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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