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Development and validation of a simple and noninvasive method for salivary uric acid: potential applications for monitoring the salivary uric acid level in healthy volunteers and gout patients

Abstract Serum uric acid (UA) is a traditional biomarker in the clinical diagnosis of gout and hyperuricemia. However, serum treatment and storage are cumbersome, and wounds are susceptible to infection. Therefore, in this study, a simple and noninvasive method was developed to detect the UA in human sal...

Detección del SARS-CoV-2 mediante RT-qPCR utilizando saliva en pacientes ambulatorios con estudio de COVID-19

Rev. chil. infectol; 39 (4), 2022
INTRODUCCIÓN: La pandemia de COVID-19 ha afectado a millones de personas en todo el mundo. La identificación de sujetos infectados ha sido importante para el control. OBJETIVO: Evaluar el rendimiento de una reacción de polimerasa en cadena (RPC) cuantitativa en tiempo real (en inglés: RT-qPCR) para S...

Povidone-iodine: The "new-old" ally against COVID-19

Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 49 (4), 2021
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has infected over 95 million people worldwide and over 2 million in Colombia. The healthcare personnel (HCP) in our country account for more than 3,800 cases and 197 deaths until January 2021 1. Being a highly contagious virus, it has changed medical practice and exposed HCP who a...

Measuring visfatin levels in saliva: an alternative approach to gestational diabetes screening

ABSTRACT Objective: Oral glucose tolerance testing (OGTT) is the current recommended approach for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Visfatin is a type of novel adipokine of interest that mostly participates in glucose metabolism and inflammatory processes. We aim to identify a screen...

Evaluation of the potential for transmission of coronavirus disease via saliva: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Braz. j. oral sci; 20 (), 2021
Aim: One of the main factors that play a pivotal role in the transmission of COVID-19 from human to human is saliva; according to the subject’s importance, the present study aimed to evaluate the potential of transmission via the saliva of coronavirus disease. Methods: PubMed, ISI, Embase, Scopus, Medi...

Evaluación del Efecto de un Gel con Arginina sobre el PH y Flujo Salival

Se evaluó el efecto de un gel con arginina sobre el pH y flujo salival después de un uso de catorce días en mujeres con desmineralización dental leve. Se estableció un piloto de ensayo clínico controladoen el cual fueron incluidas 20 mujeres de 18 -23 años, sistémicamente sanas y con al menos un ...

Oral carriage of staphylococcus aureus in people with different body mass index

J. oral res. (Impresa); 10 (5), 2021
Background: The association between obesity and the oral microbiome has received great attention. Objective: This study aimed to determine the association of oral Staphylococcus aureus with different body mass index people. Material and Methods: A total of 155 saliva samples were collected. The individua...

Mucina salival en pacientes obesos en relación al tratamiento de la enfermedad periodontal
Salivary mucin in obese patients in relation to the treatment of periodontal disease

Rev. ADM; 78 (5), 2021
Introducción: La mucina salival (Ms) modula otras proteínas salivales que participan en múltiples funciones fisiológicas de la cavidad oral. Los niveles de Ms pueden proporcionar información sobre el estado de inflamación de los tejidos periodontales. Por tanto, el objetivo del presente estudio fue...

Polymorphisms in DSSP (rs36094464) and RUNX2 (rs566712) genes contribute to the susceptibility of dental caries in childhood

Int. j. morphol; 39 (3), 2021
SUMMARY: Dental caries corresponds to an ecological and non-contagious, dynamic and chronic disease of multifactorial origin; currently there is evidence of how genetic factors could be included as predisposing agents to suffer it, however this evidence is diverse and incipient. a cross-sectional study w...