Measures of Bacterial Endotoxins in Gingival Crevicular Fluid and Peripheral Blood of Aggressive Periodontitis Cases—A Clinical Association
Akanksha Kashyap, Brijendra Singh, Srishti Shankar, Atul Gupta, Piyush Gowrav, Mohammad Arif Khan · 2024
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Akanksha Kashyap and co-authors measure bacterial toxin in gum fluid and blood in a 2024 study. Aggressive gum disease destroys tissue fast, and the endotoxin shed by its bacteria may spill beyond the mouth. Twenty-four adults were split between aggressive periodontitis patients and healthy controls, with gum fluid and blood sampled before surgery and three and six months after.
Standard gum scores in the disease group improved clearly after surgery. Endotoxin in gum fluid started far higher in patients than controls and fell with treatment, tracking the clinical recovery. Blood endotoxin, by contrast, never differed between the groups. The authors read gum fluid toxin as a local disease marker that answers to treatment, not a sign of body-wide spread.
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| CREATOR | Akanksha Kashyap, Brijendra Singh, Srishti Shankar, Atul Gupta, Piyush Gowrav, Mohammad Arif Khan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |