The Effect of Perioperative Oral Function Management of Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy, Based on Blood Culture Tests

When undergoing chemotherapy, it is easy for patients to develop an intraoral disorder as an adverse event. If intraoral disorder worsens, we cannot but stop chemotherapy. In this situation, oral bacteria are often detected in the blood. The goal of perioperative oral function management (POMF) during chemotherapy is to allow chemotherapy to proceed smoothly while maintaining the intraoral environment at a high standard. We chose cases of oral bacteria that were detected in the blood cultures of chemotherapy patients and investigated the effect of the intervention of perioperative oral function management. From January 2010 to December 2015, oral bacteria were detected in the blood cultures of 33 patients during chemotherapy. Among these patients, 24 cases were not involved in POMF in 24 cases. Nine patients were POMF intervention patients but were not yet achieved. Also, oral bacteria were not detected from blood culture tests from patients who were able to achieve treatment plan by POMF intervention. Based on these findings, intervention before initiating chemotherapy decreased the detection of oral bacteria in predominance in blood culture tests. Perioperative oral function management before initiating chemotherapy is important to allow chemotherapy to proceed smoothly. Citation: Yuudai Kondo, Keiichi Arimura, Yuri Tagawa, et al. (2017). The Effect of Perioperative Oral Function Management of Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy, Based on Blood Culture Tests Page 2 of 4 www.scientonline.org J Dent Oral Health Volume 3 • Issue 6 • 079 Actinomyces viscosus, Bacteroides capiliosus, Bacteroides gracilis, Bifidobacterium spp, Branhamella catarrhalis, Capnocytophaga, Clostridium histolyticum, Clostridium tertium, Clostridium tetani, Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriae, Corynebacterium spp, Corynebacterium xerosis, Eikenella corrodens, Eubacterium lentum, Eubacterium limosum, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Fusobacterium spp, Gemella morbillorum, Haemophilus influenza, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Lactobacillus casel, Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus jensenii, Lactococcus lactis ssp cremoris, Lactococcus lactis ssp lactis, Mycoplasma orale, Peptostreptococcus micros, Peptostreptococcus prevotii, Porphyromonas asaccharolytica, Porphyromonas endodontalis, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella buccae, Prevotella corporis, Prevotella denticola, Prevotella intermedia, Prevotella loescheii, Prevotella melaninpgenica, Pervotella oris, Propionibacterium propionicus, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus, Streptococcus intermedius, Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus oralis, Streptococcus salivarius ssp. salivarius, Streptococcus sanguis, Veillonella alcalescens, Veillonella parvula, and Veillonella spp. These bacteria intended for the detected patients from arterial blood or venous blood gathered by a culture bottle submitted to clinical laboratory department in our hospital.