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Biofilm formation capacity of Salmonella serotypes at different temperature con...
Borges,Karen A.; Furian,Thales Q.; Souza,Sara N.; Menezes,Rafaela; Tondo,Eduardo C.; Salle,Carlos T.P.; Moraes,Hamilton L.S.; Nascimento,Vladimir P.ABSTRACT: Salmonella spp. are one of the most important agents of foodborne disease in several countries, including Brazil. Poultry-derived products are the most common food products, including meat and eggs, involved in outbreaks of human salmonellosis. Salmonella has the capacity to form biofilms on both biotic and abiotic surfaces. The biofilm formation process depends on an interaction among bacterial cells...
Use of graduated syringes for measuring salivary flow rate: a pilot study
Alves,Crésio; Brandão,Márcia; Andion,Juliana; Menezes,RafaelaThe evaluation of the salivary flow rate is important in several situations of dental practice. However, weighing the collected salivary volume it is not a practical method in public health services. This work evaluated the use of hypodermic graduated syringes as a simpler alternative method to measure the salivary flow rate. Saliva samples were obtained from 50 individuals (31 females and 19 males) aged 8 to 3...
Oral health knowledge and habits in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Alves,Crésio; Brandão,Márcia; Andion,Juliana; Menezes,RafaelaThis study evaluated the oral health knowledge and habits in Brazilian children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). A cross-sectional study was performed between November of 2005 and April of 2006 in a public health university hospital, interviewing 55 diabetic children and 55 non-diabetic control children with a semi-structured questionnaire. As much as 55% of the diabetic children and 35.5% of the non-diabe...