Naslov
Helicobacter pylori colonization of tongue mucosa - increased incidence in atrophic glossitis, glossopyrosis and burming mouth syndrome (BSM)

Autori
Gall-Trošelj, Koraljka ; Mravak-Stipetić, Marinka ; Jurak, Igor ; Ragland, William Lauman ; Pavelić, Jasminka

Izvornik
Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine (0904-2512) 30 (2001); 560-563

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
helicobacter pylori; tongue mucosa; nested PCR; atrophic glossitis; benign migratory; glossitis; burning mouth syndrome
(helicobacter pylori; tongue mucosa; nested PCR; atrophic glossitis; benign migratory glossitis; burning mouth syndrome)

Sažetak
Nested PCR was performed to detect the presence of H. pylori in tongue mucosa in 268 patients divided into four groups according to their diagnosis: 87 with atrophic glossitis, 37 with benign migratory glossitis and 144 with BMS. The latter group was subdivided according to anatomic site of burning sensation: subgroup A (54 patients) with complaints limited to tongue and subgroup B (90 patients) with burning sensations in other parts of oral mucosa. H. pylori was found in 43 samples (16%). Bacteria were significantly less present in tongue mucosa affected with benign migratory glossitis compared to atrophic glossitis and BMS (p=0.025). This difference was more obvious when compared with atrophic glossitis only (p=0.006). Mucosal changes in these conditions might make the oral environment more acceptable for H. pylori colonization compared to normal mucosa and this mechanism may play the role in its oro-oral transmission.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti

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