Antimicrobial resistance patterns and bacterial profiling among dental caries patients

• Published in: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 41 - 47
• Main Authors: Jaffar, Sumyya, Muhammad Kamran Taj, Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Masroora Ali Khan, Arsalan Ahmad Shah, Saima Azam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pakistan Knowledge Bylanes 01.01.2025; Pakistan Medical Association
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Anti-Bacterial; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Care and treatment; Child; Child, Preschool; Ciprofloxacin; Cohort Studies; Dental caries; Dental Caries - drug therapy; Dental Caries - epidemiology; Dental Caries - microbiology; Diagnosis; Distribution; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Escherichia coli - drug effects; Escherichia coli - isolation & purification; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Pakistan - epidemiology; Prevalence; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas aeruginosa - drug effects; Pseudomonas aeruginosa - isolation & purification; Social classes; Streptococcus mitis; Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus mutans - drug effects; Streptococcus mutans - isolation & purification; Vancomycin; Young Adult; Pakistan; China; Anti-Bacterial, Vancomycin, Streptococcus mutans, Ciprofloxacin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus mitis, Vaccinology, Dental Caries, Microbial, Ampicillin

Objective: To examine the prevalence of dental caries and their antibiotic resistance patterns. Method: The cohort study was conducted at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Vaccinology and Biotechnology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan, from November 2022 to April 2023, and comprised bac...