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OBJECTIVES: To compare the microbial load and composition and to determine the lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and lipoteichoic acid (LTA) concentrations found in primary apical periodontitis (PAP) and post-treatment apical periodontitis (PTAP), correlating these findings with clinical/tomographic features. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Sixty patients with PAP (31) and PTAP (29) were submitted to clinical and tomographic assessment. Samples were collected from each root canal using paper points for microbiological assessment (culture technique and Checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization) and determination of LPS and LTA levels (limulus amebocyte lysate and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, respectively). Data were correlated with clinical/tomographic findings and statistically analyzed using the Mann-Whitney and Pearson correlation tests (α = 5%). RESULTS: A higher number of cultivable bacteria and LPS were found in PAP (p < 0.05). The median number of species per root canal found in PAP and PTAP was 9 and 22, respectively (p < 0.05). LPS was positively correlated with a larger periapical lesion volume (p < .05). LTA levels were similar in both infections and had no correlation with signs and symptoms. In PAP, gram-positive bacteria were correlated with spontaneous pain (p < .05) and exudate (p < .05). Tenderness to percussion and pain on palpation were correlated to the presence of both gram-positive and negative bacteria. In PTAP, a positive correlation was observed between both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria with exudate and periapical lesion volume (p < .05). CONCLUSIONS: PAP had higher contents of microbial load and LPS compared with PTAP. However, PTAP presented a more diverse microbiota compared with PAP. Higher content of LPS was positively correlated with larger periapical bone destruction, whereas signs and symptoms with specific microorganisms. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: It was verified that PAP and PTAP are polymicrobial infections with predominance of gram-negative bacteria and a more diverse bacterial population found in PTAP. A wide interaction of specific microbial species resulted in different clinical features in both infections.
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Lipopolissacarídeos , Periodontite Periapical , Antibacterianos , Cavidade Pulpar , Bactérias Gram-Negativas , Bactérias Gram-Positivas , Humanos , Periodontite Periapical/complicações , Periodontite Periapical/metabolismo , Periodontite Periapical/microbiologia , Ácidos TeicoicosRESUMO
Por medio de la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (RPC), se obtuvo una sonda para el gen que codifica la subunidad B de la toxina colérica (CTxB) que portaba una cepa de referencia de Vibrio cholerae 01. La comprobación del producto amplificado se realizó por la técnica de hibridación en colonias. El producto amplificado hibridó con el gen que codifica para la subunidad B de la toxina colérica aislada de Perú y Ecuador, representante de la presente epidemia en América Latina y no lo hizo con las cepas filogenéticamente relacionadas.
By means of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) it was obtained a probe for the gen that codifies the subunit B of cholerae toxin (CTxB), which carried a Vibrio cholerae 01 reference strain. The checking of the amplified product was performed by using the hybridization techniques in colonies. This product hybridized with the gen that codifies for the subunit B of cholerae toxin isolated from Peru and Ecuador, representing the present epidemics in Latin America, but it did not so with the phylogenetically related strains.