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- Title
A novel rapid oral bacteria detection apparatus for effective oral care to prevent pneumonia.
- Authors
Kikutani, Takeshi; Tamura, Fumiyo; Takahashi, Yukihiro; Konishi, Kiyoshi; Hamada, Ryo
- Abstract
doi: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00517.x A novel rapid oral bacteria detection apparatus for effective oral care to prevent pneumonia Objective: To clarify the oral environment, we evaluated the usefulness and clinical applicability of a new apparatus developed for the simple and rapid quantification of oral bacteria. Background: Professional oral health care can reduce the number of oral bacteria and days of fever and inhibit the development of pneumonia. A novel detection apparatus was developed by applying the dielectrophoretic impedance measurement method. Methods: First, to determine the accuracy of this apparatus, employing standard samples of Escherichia coli. Next, to evaluate the oral environment, samples were taken from the tongue in elderly (mean age: 86.6 years) in nursing home. Results: In the first study, a good correlation was observed between the two methods ( R = 0.999). In the second study, there were significant correlations between measurement values obtained using this apparatus and those obtained by the culture method ( R = 0.852), as well as those obtained by the FM method ( R = 0.885). Conclusion: Our data showed that this rapid oral bacterial detection apparatus is effective in evaluating the oral hygiene to prevent pneumonia in the elderly.
- Subjects
BACTERIA; PNEUMONIA prevention; MEDICAL care; FEVER; ESCHERICHIA coli; ORAL hygiene
- Publication
Gerodontology, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 2, pe560
- ISSN
0734-0664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00517.x