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Prebiotic supplements correct oral probiotic deficiency for lasting allergy relief.

Am J Transl Res

January 2024

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The prevalence of allergic rhinitis (common allergies) has increased in the last fifty years, from less than one percent to more than twenty-six percent of the population. Today, more than one hundred million people in the US suffer seasonal or yearlong allergies. The hygiene hypothesis was proposed 30 years ago as a potential explanation for this phenomenon, and we built on it with the specific oral hygiene hypothesis.

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The human oral and nasal cavities can act as reservoirs for opportunistic pathogens capable of causing acute infection. These microbes asymptomatically colonize the human oral and nasal cavities which facilitates transmission within human populations via the environment, and they routinely possess a clinically-significant antibiotic-resistance genes. Among these opportunistic pathogens, the genus stands out as a notable example, with its members frequently linked to nosocomial infections and multidrug resistance.

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Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the sixth most common type of cancer, with more than half a million new cases annually. This review focuses on the role of oral dysbiosis and HPV infection in HNCs, presenting the involved taxons, molecular effectors and pathways, as well as the HPV-associated particularities of genetic and epigenetic changes and of the tumor microenvironment occurred in different stages of tumor development. Oral dysbiosis is associated with the evolution of HNCs, through multiple mechanisms such as inflammation, genotoxins release, modulation of the innate and acquired immune response, carcinogens and anticarcinogens production, generation of oxidative stress, induction of mutations.

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- A Case Report of Community- Acquired Empyema Resulting in Surgical Decortication with Prolonged Antibiotic Therapy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.

Infect Disord Drug Targets

May 2024

Department of Internal Medicine, HCA Healthcare Las Palmas/Del Sol Internal Medicine Program, El Paso, Texasc, USA.

Article Synopsis
  • Anaerobic bacteria can cause serious infections, including a rare form of community-acquired pneumonia, as seen in a recent case of a patient with empyema despite lacking typical risk factors for aspiration.
  • A 59-year-old male, with only a long history of smoking, presented with complications stemming from left flank pain and shortness of breath, leading to imaging that revealed a complicated parapneumonic effusion requiring surgery and antibiotics.
  • The case emphasizes the rising incidence of anaerobic empyema and suggests that healthcare providers should consider anaerobic coverage when treating community-acquired empyema, even in patients who don't show usual risk factors.
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Variations in the oral microbiome and metabolome of methamphetamine users.

mSystems

January 2024

Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medicine, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.

Drug addiction can seriously damage human physical and mental health, while detoxification is a long and difficult process. Although studies have reported changes in the oral microbiome of methamphetamine (METH) users, the role that the microbiome plays in the process of drug addiction is still unknown. This study aims to explore the function of the microbiome based on analysis of the variations in the oral microbiome and metabolome of METH users.

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Introduction: Microorganisms induce a variety of infections and diseases in the human body and are largely ubiquitous in the nature of the contamination, directly, or indirectly leading to transmission of infectious agents. A substantial number of bacterial species have been identified as inhabitants of the oral cavity. Infection control is a major topic of concern in medical and dental healthcare settings.

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Background: gastritis is a common stomach disease with a high global incidence and can potentially develop into gastric cancer. The treatment of gastritis focuses on medication or diets based on national guidelines. However, the specific diet that can alleviate gastritis remains largely unknown.

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Odontogenic infections in the antibiotic era: approach to diagnosis, management, and prevention.

Infection

April 2024

School of Stomatology, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Stomatology Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, Zhejiang, China.

Purpose: The prevalence of odontogenic infections remains one of the highest in the world. If untreated, odontogenic infections can break through the limitation, disseminate to other organs or spaces, and cause high mortality rates. However, it is still difficult to rapidly target limited or disseminated infections in clinical practice.

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A lung abscess is characterized as a clinical ailment arising from the localized suppurative necrosis of lung parenchyma. This condition primarily results from the complications of aspiration pneumonia due to anaerobic microorganisms originating from the oral cavity. Clinically, patients typically manifest symptoms such as fever, malaise, and a productive cough persisting over several weeks.

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  • The vaginal microbiome (VMB) is made up of various bacteria types that can affect women's health, but their specific roles are not completely understood.
  • Researchers explored how these bacteria correlate with vaginal pH and gene expression, introducing a new classification method called biological vagitype (BVT) to categorize VMB community states.
  • Their findings indicate that most bacteria, excluding a few, have strong connections to gene expression and health, revealing how different microbiome types relate to various factors like race, lifestyle, and health conditions.
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Corynebacterium or diphtheroid's are gram-positive aerobic, pleomorphic skin and mucosal membrane components that are not pathogenic in nature. Peptostreptococcus indolicus belongs to the Peptostreptococcus genus and is a Gram-Positive Anaerobic Cocci (GPAC). Less than one percent of endocarditis is caused by gram-positive anaerobic bacteria.

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New putative periodontopathogens and periodontal health-associated species: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

J Periodontal Res

October 2023

Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales, Ecole de Médecine Dentaire, Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille, France.

To investigate the existence of any association between new putative periodontal pathogens and periodontitis. Two independent reviewers conducted electronic literature searches in the MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, DOSS and Google Scholar databases as well as a manual search to identify eligible clinical studies prior to November 2022. Studies comparing the prevalence of microorganisms other than the already-known periodontal pathogens in subgingival plaque and/or saliva samples between subjects with periodontitis and subject with periodontal health were included.

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  • Changes in the oral microbiome are linked to oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) recurrence, with specific microbial signatures identified as potential biomarkers for predicting recurrence.
  • A study analyzed oral swab samples from OSCC patients and found significant differences in bacterial compositions between those with and without recurrence, highlighting certain microbes that were enriched in recurring cases.
  • A prediction model using five microbial signatures showed high accuracy in distinguishing OSCC recurrence, performing better than traditional clinical indicators, thus suggesting a promising noninvasive approach for OSCC prognosis and treatment.
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Objective: To assess the level of microbiota markers in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with different types of multiple sclerosis (MS), people with radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS) and control subjects.

Material And Methods: We used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to evaluate the levels of microbiota markers in 69 patients with different types of MS (27 patients in the acute stage, 35 patients with MS in remission, 7 patients with primary-progressive MS), 10 people with RIS, and 47 control subjects (different diseases of the nervous system of a non-autoimmune or inflammatory nature).

Results: We showed a statistically significant increase in the content of various microbiota markers in the CSF of patients with MS compared with the control group.

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Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is debilitating condition comprising inflammation of the mucosa of the nasal and paranasal sinuses, requiring conservative and often surgical treatment. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a CRS treatment during which a microbiological diagnostic procedure may be conducted. Preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis is administrated before FESS.

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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial space infections.

J Dent Sci

July 2023

Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.

Background/purpose: Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has been widely used for the detection of pathogens causing infectious diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the potential ability of mNGS to detect pathogens causing oral and maxillofacial space infection (OMSI) and compare the results with those of the traditional diagnostic microbial culture method.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of 218 patients diagnosed with OMSI who underwent microbial culture and mNGS at the Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, from July 2020 to January 2022.

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Analysis of the microbiota composition in the genital tract of infertile patients with chronic endometritis or endometrial polyps.

Front Cell Infect Microbiol

June 2023

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

Background: The previous researches show that infertile patients have a higher incidence of endometritis and endometrial polyps, and the occurrence of these two diseases is related to changes in the microbiota of the genital tract. We aim to determine the composition and changing characteristics of the microbiota in the genital tract (especially the endometrium) of infertile patients with chronic endometritis or endometrial polyps, and find the correlation between it and the occurrence of diseases.

Methods: This is a prospective study.

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Background: No systematic review/meta-analysis has been conducted on the microbiological profile associated with the occurrence of periodontitis in patients with HIV. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of identified bacteria in HIV-infected patients with periodontal disease.

Methods: Three English electronic databases (MEDLINE (via PubMed), SCOPUS, and Web of Science) were searched systematically from the beginning to February 13, 2021.

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Understanding antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Finegoldia magna: an insight to an untrodden path.

Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob

April 2023

Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.

Background: Finegoldia magna (formerly known as Peptococcus magnus or Peptostreptococcus magnus) belonging to phylum Firmicutes, class Clostridia and genus Finegoldia, is the only species known to cause infections in human beings. Amongst Gram positive anaerobic cocci, F. magna is known to be the most virulent with a high pathogenic potential.

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Vaginal Microbiome Dysbiosis is Associated with the Different Cervical Disease Status.

J Microbiol

April 2023

Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200437, People's Republic of China.

Vaginal microbiome composition was demonstrated to be associated with cervical disease. The colonization characteristics of vaginal microbes and their association with the different cervical disease status, especially cervical cancer (CC), are rarely investigated. In this cross-sectional study, we characterized the vaginal microbiome of women with different status of cervical diseases, including 22 NV + (normal tissue with HPV infection), low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL, n = 45), high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL, n = 36) and CC (n = 27) using bacterial 16S DNA sequencing.

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In vitro antimicrobial activity of Bixa orellana L . Leaves extract against anaerobic bacteria associated to bacterial vaginosis and Lactobacillus spp.

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

March 2023

Laboratorio de Resistencia Antimicrobiana e Inmunopatología, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.

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  • Bacterial vaginosis is a common bacterial infection in women, often treated with synthetic antimicrobials, and this study explores Bixa orellana L. as a potential natural treatment.
  • In vitro tests showed that the methanolic extract of Bixa orellana L. leaves effectively inhibited bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis, particularly Gardnerella vaginalis.
  • The findings suggest the need for further research into non-synthetic antimicrobial options, highlighting the efficacy of Bixa orellana L. against problem bacteria while noting variations in susceptibility among different strains.
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Aim: To evaluate the root canal microbiome composition and bacterial functional capability in cases of primary and secondary apical periodontitis utilizing whole-metagenome shotgun sequencing.

Methodology: Twenty-two samples from patients with primary root canal infections, and 18 samples obtained from previously treated teeth currently diagnosed with apical periodontitis were analysed with whole-metagenome shotgun sequencing at a depth of 20 M reads. Taxonomic and functional gene annotations were made using MetaPhlAn3 and HUMAnN3 software.

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Accumulating evidence has related the gut microbiota to colorectal cancer (CRC). Fusobacterium nucleatum has repeatedly been linked to colorectal tumorigenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate microbial composition in different sampling sites, in order to profile the microbial dynamics with CRC progression.

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Introduction: HO with concurrent chronic osteomyelitis is extremely rare. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case in the English-language literature with wound infection and mature HO with chronic osteomyelitis caused by mixed infection of Pasteurella canis, Peptoniphilus coxii, Peptostreptococcus canis, and Fusobacterium nucleatum following licking of a wound by a domesticated dog.

Case Report: A 49-year-old female with a painful, swollen, and purulent wound with bone exposure, measuring 2.

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