Prevalência, Virulência e sensibilidade às terapias antimicrobianas das cepas de enterecoccus faecalis e enterococcus faecium isoladas de infecções endodônticas

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Ana Carolina Chipoletti dos [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Enterococcus faecalis; Fotoquimioterapia; Anti-infecciosos
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/127645; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/31-08-2015/000843125.pdf

Enterococcus faecium has become one of the most dreaded micro-organisms in nosocomial infections, due to its greater ease in acquiring resistance to antibiotics than E. faecalis. However, lack of studies focused on the isolation and identification of E. faecium in the oral cavity. The objectives of this study was to isolate and identify E. faecalis and E. faecium in root canals with endodontic infections and to compare strains of E. faecalis and E. faecium in sensitivity to conventional antibiotics and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (PDT). Furthermore, these species were compared for virulence in vivo, using the model of experimental infection of Galleria mellonella. The strains of E. faecalis and E. faecium isolated from root canals were identified by the Rapid ID 32 Strep system and multiplex PCR. All isolates identified as E. faecalis and E. faecium were tested for antibiotic susceptibility E-test method for determination of minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC). Next, we selected some strains of E. faecalis and E. faecium sensitive and antibiotic-resistant clinical use in dentistry for in vitro susceptibility testing to antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. The virulence of strains of E. faecalis and E. faecium were tested in in vivo experimental model of infection of G. mellonella by analysis of larval survival curve and quantitation of CFU/mL bacterial cells present in the hemolymph of these animals. Data from CFU/mL obtained in photodynamic therapy and infection in G. mellonella were subjected to analysis of variance and Tukey test. The data on the survival of G. mellonella curves were analyzed by log-rank method. Samples of 38 root canals from different patients were performed and 22 had cultures positive for Enterococcus spp. (58%). Of these patients, all showed E. faecalis and only 2 had mixed infections with E. faecalis and E. faecium 6 isolates (27%) E. faecalis resistant to ....