Oral carriage of enterobacteriaceae among school children with chronic nail-biting habit
| Autor: | Karpagaselvi Sanjai, Lokesh Papaiah, MB Jeevan, Sushma Reddy, Jayalakshmi Kumaraswamy |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Saliva
medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Dentistry Context (language use) Pathology and Forensic Medicine Enterobacteriaceae Internal medicine medicine General Dentistry Nail biting media_common saliva biology business.industry E. coli Enterobacter biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Exact test Carriage Otorhinolaryngology nail-biting orofecal contamination Original Article Habit business Autoinoculation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology : JOMFP |
| ISSN: | 1998-393X 0973-029X |
| Popis: | Context: Onychophagia or habitual nail-biting is widespread among children and adolescents, between 10 and 18 years. Prevalence estimates range from 30% during childhood to 45% in adolescence. Nail-biting habit can result in autoinoculation of pathogens and transmission of infection between body parts. Aims: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the differences in prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae ( E. coli and Enterobacter spp) in saliva samples from subjects with and without chronic nail-biting habit. Subjects and Methods: One hundred and twenty-two subjects with chronic nail-biting habit and 122 subjects with no oral habit were enrolled in the study. All subjects were aged 11-15 years. The saliva samples were collected by oral rinse technique, samples were studied microbiologically. Statistical Analysis Used: Two-tailed Student's t -test and Chi-square/Fisher's exact test were used to find the significance of study parameters between the groups. Results: Enterobacteriaceae were detected in the saliva samples of 80 of the 122 nail-biting subjects, whereas Enterobacteriaceae were detected in the saliva samples of only 10 of the 122 subjects who were not nail-biters. This difference in prevalence was statistically significant ( P Conclusions: Our results suggest a higher carriage of Enterobacteriaceae in the individuals having nail-biting habits when compared to individuals with no habits. Further studies need to be done to know the prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae species in different age groups. |
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