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Oral succession of gram-negative bacilli in myelosuppressed cancer patients.

Oral succession of gram-negative bacilli in myelosuppressed cancer patients. Oral succession of gram-negative bacilli in myelosuppressed cancer patients. G E Minah , J L Rednor , D E Peterson , C D Overholser , L G Depaola and J B Suzuki ABSTRACT Aerobic and facultative gram-negative bacilli (GNB) have been reported to increase on various body surfaces in the seriously ill and debilitated patient. This study examined quantitative aspects of GNB succession at five oral sites in cancer patients before and during myelosuppressive chemotherapy. GNB concentrations increased sharply during chemotherapy at 25 to 50% of the oral sites in both acute nonlymphocytic leukemia and small-cell lung carcinoma patients. Most sites did not exhibit shifts of GNB to levels higher than 0.1% of the cultivable flora. When shifts occurred, all sites sampled in the mouth were usually affected and GNB usually represented more than 10% of the cultivable flora. Low levels of indigenous microflora were observed in most sites exhibiting GNB shifts. None of the subjects harboring high levels of GNB developed the symptoms of acute infection which are commonly observed in myelosuppressed patients. Although Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae were recovered from some sites, most GNB were nonpathogenic species of Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas pickettii was the most frequently recovered. CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1986 vol. 24 no. 2 210-213 » Abstract PDF Classifications Research Article Services Email this article to a colleague Similar articles in ASM journals Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of JCM Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Minah, G. E. Articles by Suzuki, J. B. Search for related content PubMed PubMed citation Articles by Minah, G. E. Articles by Suzuki, J. B. Related Content Load related web page information Social Bookmarking CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? current issue December 2011, volume 49, issue 12 Alert me to new issues of JCM About JCM Subscribers Authors Reviewers Advertisers Inquiries from the Press Permissions & Commercial Reprints ASM Journals Public Access Policy JCM RSS Feeds 1752 N Street N.W. • Washington DC 20036 202.737.3600 • 202.942.9355 fax • journals@asmusa.org Print ISSN: 0095-1137 Online ISSN: 1098-660X Copyright © 2011 by the American Society for Microbiology. For an alternate route to JCM .asm.org, visit: http://intl- JCM .asm.org | More Info» var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5821458-10"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Clinical Microbiology American Society For Microbiology

Oral succession of gram-negative bacilli in myelosuppressed cancer patients.

Oral succession of gram-negative bacilli in myelosuppressed cancer patients.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology , Volume 24 (2): 210 – Aug 1, 1986

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Oral succession of gram-negative bacilli in myelosuppressed cancer patients. G E Minah , J L Rednor , D E Peterson , C D Overholser , L G Depaola and J B Suzuki ABSTRACT Aerobic and facultative gram-negative bacilli (GNB) have been reported to increase on various body surfaces in the seriously ill and debilitated patient. This study examined quantitative aspects of GNB succession at five oral sites in cancer patients before and during myelosuppressive chemotherapy. GNB concentrations increased sharply during chemotherapy at 25 to 50% of the oral sites in both acute nonlymphocytic leukemia and small-cell lung carcinoma patients. Most sites did not exhibit shifts of GNB to levels higher than 0.1% of the cultivable flora. When shifts occurred, all sites sampled in the mouth were usually affected and GNB usually represented more than 10% of the cultivable flora. Low levels of indigenous microflora were observed in most sites exhibiting GNB shifts. None of the subjects harboring high levels of GNB developed the symptoms of acute infection which are commonly observed in myelosuppressed patients. Although Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae were recovered from some sites, most GNB were nonpathogenic species of Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas pickettii was the most frequently recovered. CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1986 vol. 24 no. 2 210-213 » Abstract PDF Classifications Research Article Services Email this article to a colleague Similar articles in ASM journals Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of JCM Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Minah, G. E. Articles by Suzuki, J. B. Search for related content PubMed PubMed citation Articles by Minah, G. E. Articles by Suzuki, J. B. Related Content Load related web page information Social Bookmarking CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? current issue December 2011, volume 49, issue 12 Alert me to new issues of JCM About JCM Subscribers Authors Reviewers Advertisers Inquiries from the Press Permissions & Commercial Reprints ASM Journals Public Access Policy JCM RSS Feeds 1752 N Street N.W. • Washington DC 20036 202.737.3600 • 202.942.9355 fax • journals@asmusa.org Print ISSN: 0095-1137 Online ISSN: 1098-660X Copyright © 2011 by the American Society for Microbiology. For an alternate route to JCM .asm.org, visit: http://intl- JCM .asm.org | More Info» var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5821458-10"); pageTracker._trackPageview();

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Oral succession of gram-negative bacilli in myelosuppressed cancer patients. G E Minah , J L Rednor , D E Peterson , C D Overholser , L G Depaola and J B Suzuki ABSTRACT Aerobic and facultative gram-negative bacilli (GNB) have been reported to increase on various body surfaces in the seriously ill and debilitated patient. This study examined quantitative aspects of GNB succession at five oral sites in cancer patients before and during myelosuppressive chemotherapy. GNB concentrations increased sharply during chemotherapy at 25 to 50% of the oral sites in both acute nonlymphocytic leukemia and small-cell lung carcinoma patients. Most sites did not exhibit shifts of GNB to levels higher than 0.1% of the cultivable flora. When shifts occurred, all sites sampled in the mouth were usually affected and GNB usually represented more than 10% of the cultivable flora. Low levels of indigenous microflora were observed in most sites exhibiting GNB shifts. None of the subjects harboring high levels of GNB developed the symptoms of acute infection which are commonly observed in myelosuppressed patients. Although Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae were recovered from some sites, most GNB were nonpathogenic species of Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas pickettii was the most frequently recovered. CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1986 vol. 24 no. 2 210-213 » Abstract PDF Classifications Research Article Services Email this article to a colleague Similar articles in ASM journals Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of JCM Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Minah, G. E. Articles by Suzuki, J. B. Search for related content PubMed PubMed citation Articles by Minah, G. E. Articles by Suzuki, J. B. Related Content Load related web page information Social Bookmarking CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? current issue December 2011, volume 49, issue 12 Alert me to new issues of JCM About JCM Subscribers Authors Reviewers Advertisers Inquiries from the Press Permissions & Commercial Reprints ASM Journals Public Access Policy JCM RSS Feeds 1752 N Street N.W. • Washington DC 20036 202.737.3600 • 202.942.9355 fax • journals@asmusa.org Print ISSN: 0095-1137 Online ISSN: 1098-660X Copyright © 2011 by the American Society for Microbiology. For an alternate route to JCM .asm.org, visit: http://intl- JCM .asm.org | More Info» var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5821458-10"); pageTracker._trackPageview();

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Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyAmerican Society For Microbiology

Published: Aug 1, 1986

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