Gingival colonization with selective HACEK microbes in children with congenital heart disease
| Autor: | L. A. Kenamond, David A. Rosen, E. R. Nelson, Robert Steelman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Heart Defects
Congenital medicine.medical_specialty Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods Heart disease Haemophilus Eikenella corrodens Dentistry Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Gingivitis Internal medicine medicine Humans Child General Dentistry Cyanosis biology business.industry Case-control study biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Exact test Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Actinobacillus medicine.symptom Kingella Periodontal Index business Hemophilus |
| Zdroj: | Clinical oral investigations. 7(1) |
| ISSN: | 1432-6981 |
| Popis: | It was previously shown that children with congenital heart disease (CHD) harbored Hemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacter, Eikenella, and Kingella (HACEK) microbes to a greater extent and had more severe gingival inflammation than a normal group of children. The purpose of this study was to determine if HACEK microbes are more prevalent in children with CHD than in normal children when there is no difference in gingival inflammation. Two groups of 12 children were matched with respect to gingival inflammation. Each child had a gingival index recorded as described by Massler. The experimental group consisted of 12 children with CHD 2.5-10 years old (average 5.5) and the control group consisted of 12 healthy children 2-13 years old (average 5.6). Subgingival samples were obtained and cultured for HACEK microbes. Fischer's exact test was performed with the significance level defined at P |
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