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| Judul Artikel | : | The Prevalence of Antibiotic and Toothpaste Sensitivity found in Oral Streptococcal Isolates in Healthy Individuals in the Okada Community of Nigeria |
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| Judul Terbitan | : | MAKARA JOURNAL OF HEALTH RESEARCH |
| ISSN | : | 23563664 |
| Bahasa | : | ENG |
| Tempat Terbit | : | JAKARTA |
| Tahun | : | 0000 |
| Volume | : | Vol. 21 Issue 1 0000 |
| Penerbit | : | DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGMENT, UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA |
| Frekuensi Penerbitan | : | 3 X 1 TAHUN |
| Penulis | : | Maureen U Okwu, Olley Mitsan2 |
| Abstraksi | : | Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence, antibiotic, and toothpaste sensitivity of oral streptococcal isolates in healthy individuals in the Okada community of Nigeria. Methods: Oral samples were collected from 230 volunteers and were subjected to standard microbiological tests. Antibacterial sensitivity tests were carried out on the streptococcal isolates that were obtained using a disk diffusion technique, and eight kinds of toothpaste (A-H) were screened for their antibacterial effects on Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans). Results: The prevalence of oral streptococci found in this study was 26.1% and the predominant species was S. salivarius (13.9%). S. salivarius was highly resistant to cloxacillin (100%) and Augmentin (96.9%), whilst resistance to gentamicin and erythromycin was low at 21.9% and 3.1 % respectively. S. mutans were completely sensitive to gentamicin whilst resistance to erythromycin was 33.3%. The entire Streptococcus species showed the lowest resistance to erythromycin (20.0%), followed by gentamicin (31.7%). At 100 mg/mL all toothpaste samples had antibacterial effects on S. mutans. At 50 mglmL all samples except toothpastes G and H inhibited the bacterium. Toothpastes A and E had the lowest minimum inhibitory concentration of 25 mg/mL. Conclusions: Toothpastes A and E were the most effective toothpastes of the eight assessed in this study. |
| Kata Kunci | : | antibiotics; dental caries; fluorides; oral streptococci; thymol; toothpastes |
| Lokasi | : | P20 |
| Terakreditasi | : | belum |