THE ORAL MUCOSA IN YERSINIOSIS

Objective. To study the oral mucosa (OM) in patients with yersiniosis. Subjects and methods. Dental examination covered 68 adult patients, including 38 with yersiniosis, 8 of them had it concurrent with salmonellosis (mixed infection), and 30 patients with Salmonella monoinfection). The patients’ mean age was 32.25 ± 0.93 years. A control group consisted of 30 patients without gastrointestinal pathology being recorded. Results. The dental examination of the patients with yersiniosis and mixed Yersinia and Salmonella infection revealed varying degrees of OM lesion. The study of the clinical features of gingivitis, glossitis, and stomatitis depending on the type of the pathogen indicated that OM lesion was most common in salmonellosis, more rarely in yersiniosis, and even more uncommonly in mixed infection. Comparison of changes in OM in yersiniosis and salmonellosis showed its severer involvement in the patients with salmonellosis. Conclusion. There is evidence that early diagnosis and treatment of the oral cavity organs should be made in the acute period of yersiniosis to prevent gingivitis from progressing to periodontitis.

yersiniosis, salmonellosis, mixed infection, oral mucosa, dental examination