Bacteremia after chewing in a patient with severe chronic periodontitis and diabetes mellitus type 2: A brief report

Hilana Paula Carillo Artese; Priscila Larcher Longo; Dione Kawamoto; Giovane Hisse Gomes; Márcia Pinto Alves Mayer; Giuseppe Alexandre Romito; Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana

Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports (Dec 2017)

Bacteremia after chewing in a patient with severe chronic periodontitis and diabetes mellitus type 2: A brief report

Hilana Paula Carillo Artese,
Priscila Larcher Longo,
Dione Kawamoto,
Giovane Hisse Gomes,
Márcia Pinto Alves Mayer,
Giuseppe Alexandre Romito,
Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana

Affiliations

Hilana Paula Carillo Artese: Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Priscila Larcher Longo: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Dione Kawamoto: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Giovane Hisse Gomes: Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Márcia Pinto Alves Mayer: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Giuseppe Alexandre Romito: Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana: Postgraduate Program in Biophotonics Applied to Health Sciences, Universidade Nove de Julho, UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil; Corresponding author. Postgraduate program in Biophotonics Applied to Health Sciences, Universidade Nove de Julho/UNINOVE, R. Vergueiro, 235/249, CEP 01504-001, São Paulo, Brazil.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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This study evaluated systemic bacteremia caused by chewing in a 42-year-old male with chronic severe periodontitis and uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus. Aerobic and anaerobic Gram-positive bacilli were detected by culture, and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis by real time polymerase chain reaction in blood samples. Keywords: Bacteremia, Periodontitis, Diabetes type 2

Published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports

ISSN: 2214-6245 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
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