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Table 9 Frequency of microorganisms sampled in oral cavity

From: The role of oral microbiota in the development of oral mucositis in pediatric oncology patients treated with antineoplastic drugs: a systematic review

 

Microrganism’s frequency (%) in patients with mucositis

Microrganism’s frequency (%) in patients with no mucositis

Microrganism’s frequency (%) in patients with or without mucositis

Microrganism

Article & Year

Sampling site

D0

Dx

D0

D8

Dx

D0

D7

D14

D21

D56

Coagulase-negative staphylococci

Soares 2011 [40]

Labial and buccal mucosa

 

80

  

33,3

     

Ye 2013 [41]

Lower lip and on the bucca

0

48

        

Sixou 1998 [39]

Supragingival plaque of the last three teeth of the upper right quadrant and the last three teeth of the lower left

     

25

25

25

25

 

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Soares 2011 [40]

Labial and buccal mucosa

 

20

        

Escherichia coli

Soares 2011 [40]

Labial and buccal mucosa

 

0

  

8,3

     

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Soares 2011 [40]

Labial and buccal mucosa

 

0

  

8,3

     

Candida albicans

Soares 2011 [40]

Labial and buccal mucosa

 

60

  

33,3

     

Mendoca 2012 [36]

Oral swab

       

25,4

 

14,9

EBV

De Oliveira 2019 [32]

Cheek buccal mucosa from molars to incisors bilaterally

   

22

      

HSV

Mendoca 2012 [36]

Oral swab

       

14,3

 

6,3

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Sixou 1998 [39]

Supragingival plaque of the last three teeth of the upper right quadrant and the last three teeth of the lower left

     

19

19

19

19

 

Ye 2013 [41]

Lower lip and on the bucca

100

 

100

       

Viridans streptococchi

Sixou 1998 [39]

Supragingival plaque of the last three teeth of the upper right quadrant and the last three teeth of the lower left

     

50

44

75

63

 

Capnocytophaga

Sixou 1998 [39]

Supragingival plaque of the last three teeth of the upper right quadrant and the last three teeth of the lower left

     

81

81

50

56

 

Ye 2013 [41]

Lower lip and on the bucca

100

 

0

       

Actinomyces odontolyticus

Sixou 1998 [39]

Supragingival plaque of the last three teeth of the upper right quadrant and the last three teeth of the lower left

     

38

31

44

31

 
  1. D Day, Dx Day of sampling either not specified or irregular