title: Clinical and mycological analysis of dog's oral cavity.
abstract: The oral microbiota of humans and animals is made up of a wide variety of yeasts and bacteria, but microbiota of dogs is not totally described. Although such identification is an important step to establish the etiopathogenesis and adequate therapy for the periodontal disease The aim of this study was to evaluate and correlate oral alterations with the presence of yeasts in oral cavity of female dogs. After clinical evaluation samples from healthy and from dogs with oral diseases were obtained from three different oral sites by swabs, curettes, millimeter periodontal probes and HA membrane tip in cellulose ester. Yeast identification was performed through macroscopic and microscopic colony features and biochemical tests. Dental calculus was the most prevalent occurrence in the oral cavity of 59 females. However, the isolation of yeasts was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in animals suffering from halitosis. Eleven yeast species were identified, namely: Malassezia pachydermatis, Rhodotorula spp., Candida albicans, C. catenulata, C. famata, C. guilliermondii, C. parapsilosis, C. intermedia, Trichosporon asahii, T. mucoides and Cryptococcus albidus. It could be concluded that the yeasts are part of the microbiota from the different sites of the oral cavity of the female canines studied without causing any significant alterations except halitosis.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Diagnóstico e Pesquisa em Micologia Veterinária, Departamento de Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosema
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santin
authors.forename: Antonella Souza
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: Stefanie Bressan
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: Isabel Martins
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Madrid
authors.forename: Marlete Brum
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Cleff
authors.forename: Melissa Orzechowski
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Xavier
authors.forename: Márcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Nobre
authors.forename: Patrícia da Silva
authors.initials: Pda S
authors.lastname: Nascente
authors.forename: João Roberto Braga
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.forename: Mário Carlos Araújo
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Meireles
keywords: M. pachydermatis. Candida spp.; halitosis; oral microbiota; yeasts