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Smith RP, May HE, Burow E, Meester M, Tobias TJ, Sassu EL, Pavoni E, Di Bartolo I, Prigge C, Wasyl D, Zmudzki J, Viltrop A, Nurmoja I, Zoche-Golob V, Alborali GL, Romantini R, Dors A, Krumova-Valcheva G, Koláčková I, Aprea G, Daskalov H. Assessing pig farm biosecurity measures for the control of Salmonella on European farms. Epidemiol Infect 2023; 151:e130. [PMID: 37439254 PMCID: PMC10540172 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268823001115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023] Open
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Salmonella spp. is a common zoonotic pathogen, causing gastrointestinal infections in people. Pigs and pig meat are a major source of infection. Although farm biosecurity is believed to be important for controlling Salmonella transmission, robust evidence is lacking on which measures are most effective. This study enrolled 250 pig farms across nine European countries. From each farm, 20 pooled faecal samples (or similar information) were collected and analysed for Salmonella presence. Based on the proportion of positive results, farms were categorised as at higher or lower Salmonella risk, and associations with variables from a comprehensive questionnaire investigated. Multivariable analysis indicated that farms were less likely to be in the higher-risk category if they had '<400 sows'; used rodent baits close to pig enclosures; isolated stay-behind (sick) pigs; did not answer that the hygiene lock/ anteroom was easy to clean; did not have a full perimeter fence; did apply downtime of at least 3 days between farrowing batches; and had fully slatted flooring in all fattener buildings. A principal components analysis assessed the sources of variation between farms, and correlation between variables. The study results suggest simple control measures that could be prioritised on European pig farms to control Salmonella.
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- Richard P. Smith
- Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency – Weybridge, Addlestone, UK
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- Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency – Weybridge, Addlestone, UK
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- Department of Biological Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
- Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection (MLUK), Potsdam, Germany
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- Department Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division for Animal Health, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Mödling, Austria
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e Dell’Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy
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- Division for Animal Health, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Mödling, Austria
- University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
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- National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
- National Centre for Laboratory Research and Risk Assessment, Tartu, Estonia
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- National Centre for Laboratory Research and Risk Assessment, Tartu, Estonia
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- Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection (MLUK), Potsdam, Germany
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e Dell’Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise Giuseppe Caporale, Teramo, Italy
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- National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
- Department of Preclinical Sciences and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Public Health, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise Giuseppe Caporale, Teramo, Italy
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- National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medicine Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Krumova-Valcheva GL, Di Bartolo I, Smith RP, Gyurova E, Mateva G, Milanov M, Dimitrova A, Burow E, Daskalov H. Detection of HEV RNA Using One-Step Real-Time RT-PCR in Farrow-to-Finish Pig Farms in Bulgaria. Pathogens 2023; 12:pathogens12050673. [PMID: 37242343 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12050673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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(1) Background: HEV is a zoonotic, foodborne pathogen. It is spread worldwide and represents a public health risk. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of HEV RNA in farrow-to-finish pig farms in different regions of Bulgaria; (2) Methods: Isolation of HEV RNA from pooled samples of feces was performed using a QIAamp® Viral RNA Mini Kit followed by HEV RNA detection using a single-step real-time RT-PCR with primers and probes targeting the ORF 3 HEV genome; (3) Results: HEV RNA was detected in 12 out of 32 tested farms in Bulgaria (37.5%). The overall percentage of HEV-positive pooled fecal samples was 10.8% (68 of 630 samples). HEV was detected mostly in pooled fecal samples from finisher pigs (66/320, 20.6%) and sporadically from dry sows (1/62, 1.6%) and gilts (1/248, 0.4%); (4) Conclusions: Our results confirm that HEV circulates in farrow-to-finish pig farms in Bulgaria. In our study, we found HEV RNA in pooled fecal samples from fattening pigs (4-6-months age), shortly before their transport to the slaughterhouse indicating a potential risk to public health. The possible circulation of HEV throughout pork production requires monitoring and containment measures.
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- Departement of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma, Italy
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- National Centre for Food Safety, National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- National Centre for Food Safety, National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- National Centre for Food Safety, National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- National Centre for Food Safety, National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department Biological Safety, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, 12277 Berlin, Germany
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- National Centre for Food Safety, National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Merda D, Felten A, Vingadassalon N, Denayer S, Titouche Y, Decastelli L, Hickey B, Kourtis C, Daskalov H, Mistou MY, Hennekinne JA. NAuRA: Genomic Tool to Identify Staphylococcal Enterotoxins in Staphylococcus aureus Strains Responsible for FoodBorne Outbreaks. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1483. [PMID: 32714310 PMCID: PMC7344154 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Food contamination by staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) is responsible for many food poisoning outbreaks (FPOs) each year, and they represent the third leading cause of FPOs in Europe. SEs constitute a protein family with 27 proteins. However, enzyme immunoassays can only detect directly in food the five classical SEs (SEA-SEE). Thus, molecular characterization methods of strains found in food are now used for FPO investigations. Here, we describe the development and implementation of a genomic analysis tool called NAuRA (Nice automatic Research of alleles) that can detect the presence of 27 SEs genes in just one analysis- and create a database of allelic data and protein variants for harmonizing analyses. This tool uses genome assembly data and the 27 protein sequences of SEs. To include the different divergence levels between SE-coding genes, parameters of coverage and identity were generated from 10,000 simulations and a dataset of 244 assembled genomes from strains responsible for outbreaks in Europe as well as the RefSeq reference database. Based on phylogenetic inference performed using maximum-likelihood on the core genomes of the strains in this collection, we demonstrated that strains responsible for FPOs are distributed throughout the phylogenetic tree. Moreover, 71 toxin profiles were obtained using the NAuRA pipeline and these profiles do not follow the evolutionary history of strains. This study presents a pioneering method to investigate strains isolated from food at the genomic level and to analyze the diversity of all 27 SE-coding genes together.
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- Déborah Merda
- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), University of Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), University of Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), University of Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Scientific Service of FoodBorne Pathogens, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- State General Laboratory, Food Microbiology Laboratory, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- National Center of Food Safety, NDRVI, BFSA, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), University of Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), University of Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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Brucoli M, Boffano P, Romeo I, Corio C, Benech A, Ruslin M, Forouzanfar T, Starch-Jensen T, Rodríguez-Santamarta T, de Vicente JC, Snäll J, Thorén H, Tarle M, Dediol E, Pechalova P, Pavlov N, Daskalov H, Doykova I, Kelemith K, Tamme T, Kopchak A, Shumynskyi I, Corre P, Bertin H, Goguet Q, Anquetil M, Louvrier A, Meyer C, Dovšak T, Vozlič D, Birk A, Aničić B, Konstantinovic VS. Management of maxillofacial trauma in the elderly: A European multicenter study. Dent Traumatol 2020; 36:241-246. [PMID: 31863620 DOI: 10.1111/edt.12536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Management of maxillofacial trauma in the geriatric population poses a great challenge due to anatomical variations and medical comorbidities. The aim of this study was to analyze the management variables, timing, and outcomes of facial fractures in elderly patients (aged 70 years or more) at several European departments of oral and maxillofacial surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was based on a systematic computer-assisted database that allowed the recording of data from all geriatric patients with facial fractures from the involved maxillofacial surgical units across Europe between 2013 and 2017. RESULTS A total of 1334 patients were included in the study: 665 patients underwent closed or open surgical treatment. A significant association (P < .005) was found between the presence of concomitant injuries and a prolonged time between hospital admission and treatment. The absence of indications to treatment was associated with comorbidities and an older age (P < .000005). CONCLUSIONS Elderly patients require specific attention and multidisciplinary collaboration in the diagnosis and sequencing of trauma treatment. A prudent attitude may be kept in selected cases, especially when severe comorbidities are associated and function is not impaired.
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- Matteo Brucoli
- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Oral surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Oral surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of maxillofacial surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of maxillo-facial surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre Foundation, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Stomatological Medical Center, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Kyiv City Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Nantes, France
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Dentistry Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France.,EA 4662 Nanomedicine Lab Imagery and Therapeutics, University of Bourgogne, Besançon, France
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Dentistry Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France.,EA 4662 Nanomedicine Lab Imagery and Therapeutics, University of Bourgogne, Besançon, France
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Brucoli M, Boffano P, Romeo I, Corio C, Benech A, Ruslin M, Forouzanfar T, Rodríguez-Santamarta T, Vicente JCD, Tarle M, Dediol E, Pechalova P, Pavlov N, Daskalov H, Doykova I, Kelemith K, Tamme T, Kopchak A, Shumynskyi I, Corre P, Bertin H, Bourry M, Guyonvarc'h P, Dovšak T, Vozlič D, Birk A, Aničić B, Konstantinovic VS, Starch-Jensen T. Surgical management of unilateral body fractures of the edentulous atrophic mandible. Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019; 24:65-71. [PMID: 31848774 DOI: 10.1007/s10006-019-00824-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Management of body fractures in patients with edentulous atrophic mandibles represents a challenging task due to patient's age, medical comorbidities, poor bone quality, and vascularity, as well as reduced contact area between the fracture ends. The aim of the study was to assess the demographic and clinical variables, the surgical technique, and outcomes of unilateral body fractures of the edentulous atrophic mandible managed at several European departments of oral and maxillofacial surgery. METHODS This study is based on a systematic computer-assisted database that allowed the recording of data of all patients with fractures of the atrophic edentulous mandible from the involved maxillofacial surgical units across Europe between 2008 and 2017. The following data were recorded for each patient: gender, age, comorbidities, etiology, synchronous body injuries, degree of atrophy of the mandible according to Luhr classification, type of surgical approach and fixation, length of hospitalization, and presence and type of complications. RESULTS A total of 43 patients were included in the study: 17 patients' mandibles were classified as class I according to Luhr, 15 as class II, and 11 as class III. All patients underwent open reduction and internal fixation by extraoral approach in 25 patients, intraoral in 15 patients, and mixed in 3 patients. A single 2.0 miniplate was used in 16 patients, followed by a single 2.4 reconstruction plate in 13 patients, by two 2.0 miniplates, and three 2.0 miniplates. Outcome was considered to be satisfying in 30 patients, with no complications. Complications were observed in 13 cases. CONCLUSIONS Treatment of unilateral body fractures of the edentulous mandible must still be based on the type of fracture, degree of atrophy, experience of the surgeon, and patients' preference. An adequate stability can be obtained by different plating techniques that have to be appropriately tailored to every single specific patient.
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- Matteo Brucoli
- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Oral surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Private practice of oral surgery, University of Eastern Piedmont, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Oral surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of maxillofacial surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of maxillo-facial surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre Foundation, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Bogomolets National Medical University, Stomatological medical center, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Bogomolets National Medical, University, Kyiv City Clinical Emergency Hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Chu de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Chu de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Chu de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Maxillofacial surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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Brucoli M, Boffano P, Romeo I, Corio C, Benech A, Ruslin M, Forouzanfar T, Rodríguez-Santamarta T, de Vicente JC, Tarle M, Dediol E, Pechalova P, Pavlov N, Daskalov H, Doykova I, Kelemith K, Tamme T, Kopchak A, Shumynskyi I, Corre P, Bertin H, Bourry M, Guyonvarc'h P, Dovšak T, Vozlič D, Birk A, Aničić B, Konstantinovic VS, Starch-Jensen T. The epidemiology of edentulous atrophic mandibular fractures in Europe. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2019; 47:1929-1934. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2019.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Brucoli M, Boffano P, Romeo I, Corio C, Benech A, Ruslin M, Forouzanfar T, Rodríguez-Santamarta T, de Vicente JC, Tarle M, Dediol E, Pechalova P, Pavlov N, Daskalov H, Doykova I, Kelemith K, Tamme T, Kopchak A, Shumynskyi I, Corre P, Bertin H, Bourry M, Guyonvarc'h P, Dovšak T, Vozliè D, Birk A, Anièiæ B, Konstantinovic VS, Starch-Jensen T. Management of mandibular condylar fractures in patients with atrophic edentulous mandibles. J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019; 121:226-232. [PMID: 31655226 DOI: 10.1016/j.jormas.2019.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Treatment of condylar fractures in patients with atrophic edentulous mandibles is a peculiar field that has been little considered in the literature. The aim of the study was to assess the demographic and clinical variables as well as management and outcome of mandibular condylar fractures in edentulous patients with atrophic mandibles that were treated at several European departments of oral and maxillofacial surgery. METHODS The data of all patients with fractures of the atrophic edentulous mandible from the involved maxillofacial surgical units across Europe between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2017. Only patients that were diagnosed with condylar fractures of the edentulous atrophic mandible were included. RESULTS A total of 52 patients met the inclusion criteria and were included in the study: 79% of patients reported one or more comorbidities. Thirty-four unilateral neck or subcondylar fractures, 9 bilateral neck or subcondylar condylar fractures, 7 unilateral head condylar fractures, and 2 bilateral head condylar fractures were diagnosed. No treatment was performed in 37 cases, whereas in 4 patients a closed treatment was decided, and 11 patients underwent open reduction and internal fixation. Outcome was considered to be satisfying in 48 patients, with no complications. CONCLUSIONS The golden rule still remains that the diagnosis of a subcondylar or neck fracture in an edentulous patient should constitute an indication for open reduction and internal fixation. However, an appropriate choice of management options has to be individualized on a case by case basis, also depending on the patient consent.
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- M Brucoli
- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Oral surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Private practice of oral surgery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Oral surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of maxillofacial surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of maxillo-facial surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre Foundation, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Bogomolets National Medical University, Stomatological medical center, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv City Clinical Emergency Hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery of the University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery of the University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery of the University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Maxillofacial surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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Brucoli M, Boffano P, Romeo I, Corio C, Benech A, Ruslin M, Forouzanfar T, Starch-Jensen T, Rodríguez-Santamarta T, de Vicente JC, Snäll J, Thorén H, Aničić B, Konstantinovic VS, Pechalova P, Pavlov N, Daskalov H, Doykova I, Kelemith K, Tamme T, Kopchak A, Shumynskyi I, Corre P, Bertin H, Goguet Q, Anquetil M, Louvrier A, Meyer C, Dovšak T, Vozlič D, Birk A, Tarle M, Dediol E. Epidemiology of maxillofacial trauma in the elderly: A European multicenter study. J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019; 121:330-338. [PMID: 31533064 DOI: 10.1016/j.jormas.2019.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The progressive aging of European population seems to determine a change in the epidemiology, incidence and etiology of maxillofacial fractures with an increase in the frequency of old patients sustaining craniofacial trauma. The objective of the present study was to assess the demographic variables, causes, and patterns of facial fractures in elderly population (with 70 years or more). MATERIALS AND METHODS The data from all geriatric patients (70 years or more) with facial fractures between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2017, were collected. The following data were recorded for each patient: gender, age, voluptuary habits, comorbidities, etiology, site of facial fractures, synchronous body injuries, Facial Injury Severity Score (FISS). RESULTS A total of 1334 patients (599 male and 735 female patients) were included in the study. Mean age was 79.3 years, and 66% of patients reported one or more comorbidities. The most frequent cause of injury was fall and zygomatic fractures were the most frequently observed injuries. Falls were associated with a low FISS value (P<.005). Concomitant injuries were observed in 27.3% of patients. Falls were associated with the absence of concomitant injuries. The ninth decade (P<.05) and a high FISS score (P<.005) were associated with concomitant body injuries too. CONCLUSIONS This study confirms the role of falls in the epidemiology of facial trauma in the elderly, but also highlights the frequency of involvement of females, and the high frequency of zygomatic fractures.
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- M Brucoli
- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Maxillofacial surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Maxillofacial surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Oral surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Private practice of oral surgery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Oral surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of maxillofacial surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of maxillofacial surgery, North Estonia Medical Centre Foundation, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Bogomolets National Medical University, Stomatological medical center, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv City Clinical Emergency Hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU de Nantes, 1 place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU de Nantes, 1 place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU de Nantes, 1 place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU de Nantes, 1 place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery-Hospital Dentistry Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, 3 boulevard Alexandre-Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France; University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, EA 4662 Nanomedicine Lab Imagery and Therapeutics, 25000 Besançon, France
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery-Hospital Dentistry Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, 3 boulevard Alexandre-Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France; University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, EA 4662 Nanomedicine Lab Imagery and Therapeutics, 25000 Besançon, France
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery of the University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery of the University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery of the University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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Petrov P, Daskalov H. COMPLICATION AFTER MANDIBULAR FRACTURE- CASE REPORT. JofIMAB 2019. [DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2019253.2603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Kalinova G, Dimitrov Z, Daskalov H, Mladenova D, Mechkarova P. Seasonal differences in fatty acid content of white brine cheese offered at the Bulgarian market. BJVM 2019. [DOI: 10.15547/bjvm.2062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The present study provides scientific information for fatty acid composition of white brine cheese from cow milk, produced from all regions of Bulgaria, across seasons for the period 2012–2016. A total of 670 samples produced from different manufacturers and collected from supermarkets by Official control of Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) were examined. Fatty acid composition was determined by gas chromatography. The milk fat purity of 18 samples was established through gas chromatographic analysis of triglycerides. Seasonal variations were observed in fatty acid composition of white brine cheese. The seasonal changes in the concentration of lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, oleic and α-linolenic acids have largely contributed to the variation of fatty acid composition
of cheese. Saturated fatty acids (SFAs) were in the range 68.39–71.53% of total FAs and the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) was 28.44–31.61% of total FAs. Fourty-five out of examined samples have exhibited different fatty acid profile than that established in the present study for cow milk cheese. The determined SFAs were 44.7–57.5% and UFA varied from 42.5% to 55.3%. The fatty acids with short chain (C4:0 ÷ C10:0) were not detected or in traces, lauric and myristic acids were in small amounts, while palmitic and oleic acids predominated in the fatty acid composition of cheese analogues.
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Mateva G, Pedersen K, Sørensen G, Asseva G, Daskalov H, Petrov P, Kantardjiev T, Alexandar I, Löfström C. Use of multiple-locus variable-number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA) to investigate genetic diversity of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from human, food, and veterinary sources. Microbiologyopen 2018; 7:e00528. [PMID: 28836358 PMCID: PMC5822324 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium is the most common zoonotic pathogen in Bulgaria. To allow efficient outbreak investigations and surveillance in the food chain, accurate and discriminatory methods for typing are needed. This study evaluated the use of multiple-locus variable-number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA) and compared results with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) determinations for 100 S. Typhimurium strains isolated in Bulgaria during 2008-2012 (50 veterinary/food and 50 human isolates). Results showed that isolates were divided into 80 and 34 groups using MLVA and AMR, respectively. Simpson's index of diversity was determined to 0.994 ± 0.003 and 0.945 ± 0.012. The most frequently encountered MLVA profiles were 3-11-9-NA-211 (n = 5); 3-12-9-NA-211 (n = 3); 3-12-11-21-311 (n = 3); 3-17-10-NA-311 (n = 3); 2-20-9-7-212 (n = 3); and 2-23-NA-NA-111 (n = 3). No clustering of isolates related to susceptibility/resistance to antimicrobials, source of isolation, or year of isolation was observed. Some MLVA types were found in both human and veterinary/food isolates, indicating a possible route of transmission. A majority (83%) of the isolates were found to be resistant against at least one antimicrobial and 44% against ≥4 antimicrobials. Further studies are needed to verify MLVA usefulness over a longer period of time and with more isolates, including outbreak strains.
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- Gergana Mateva
- National Diagnostic Research Veterinary InstituteSofiaBulgaria
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- National Veterinary InstituteTechnical University of DenmarkFrederiksberg CDenmark
- National Food InstituteTechnical University of DenmarkSøborgDenmark
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- National Food InstituteTechnical University of DenmarkSøborgDenmark
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- National Center of Infectious and Parasitic DiseasesSofiaBulgaria
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- National Diagnostic Research Veterinary InstituteSofiaBulgaria
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- National Center of Infectious and Parasitic DiseasesSofiaBulgaria
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- Institute of Molecular BiologyBulgarian Academy of SciencesSofiaBulgaria
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- National Food InstituteTechnical University of DenmarkSøborgDenmark
- Agrifood and BioscienceRISE Research Institutes of SwedenLundSweden
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Chipilev N, Kalinova G, Daskalov H, Slavova A. Study on the oxidative changes in milk lipids, induced by subclinical mastitis and different milking regimes in cows. BJVM 2017. [DOI: 10.15547/bjvm.916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Chipilev N, Daskalov H, Stoyanchev T. Study on the prevalence of lipolytic yeasts and moulds in raw cow milk and white brined cheese. BJVM 2016. [DOI: 10.15547/bjvm.866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Daskalov H, Fejzullah F, Daskalova A. Frequency of Contamination with Listeria Monocytogenes of Raw Dried Cured Vacuum Packed Sausages. Macedonian Veterinary Review 2015. [DOI: 10.14432/j.macvetrev.2013.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to collect actual data concerning the frequency of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes of some raw dried cured vacuum packed sausages, which are very popular in Bulgaria produced from Oct. 2004 till May 2008. 148 vacuum-packed samples were taken from 9 different food business operators during all seasons of the year. The samples were analyzed according to the USDA method for meat foods. Ten specimens were positive for presence of Listeria monocytogenes, which is equal to 6,75% of all tested samples. In two other raw dried cured sausages L. welshimeri and L.innocua were found, but these species are not pathogenic for consumers. In the period before the official implementation of the HACCP system (01.01.2006) in Bulgaria, 52 samples were examined and 5 Listeria monocytogenes isolates were found (~10%). 2,5 years after the HACCP implementation, 96 specimens from the same meat factories were tested and 5 Listeria monocytogenes isolates (5,2%) were detected. Samples taken from lots, produced in winter time were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes more often (7 of all 10) than specimens taken during other seasons. Data was discussed through the point of view of the effectiveness of hygienic practices and HACCP system application. Also, application of the ‘microbiological criterion’ set in the COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2073/2005 for ready-to-eat foods unable to support the growth of L. monocytogenes was considered.
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- Hristo Daskalov
- National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Institute, BFSA, 1606 Sofi a, Bulgaria
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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Daskalov H, Dinkova A, Drangov M. LOCAL ANESTHETICS IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. JofIMAB 2015. [DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2015211.728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Stratev D, Vashin I, Daskalov H. Determination of beta-haemolytic activity and minimum inhibitory concentrations of antimicrobial drugs against Aeromonas hydrophila strains isolated from fish products. BJVM 2015. [DOI: 10.15547/bjvm.836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lalabonova H, Daskalov H. Clinical assessment of the therapeutic effect of low-level laser therapy on chronic recurrent aphthous stomatitis. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014; 28:929-933. [PMID: 26019580 PMCID: PMC4433909 DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2014.966526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to clinically assess the therapeutic effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on chronic recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) using a protocol we developed especially for the purpose. The study included 180 patients: group 1 (the study group) – 90 patients who received LLLT using a laser operating in the red spectrum (658 nm; in a non-contact mode; power output P = 27 mW; frequency f1 = 5.8 Hz, f2 – continuous waveform; time T = 1.14 min; dosage of 2 J/cm2 once daily); group 2 (controls) – 90 patients who received pharmacotherapy (Granofurin and solcoseryl given twice daily). The indices we assessed were pain intensity, erythema dynamics and epithelization time. Pain was completely managed in 55.6% of group 1 patients one day after therapy began, while it took three days to alleviate pain for 11.1% of the patients in group 2. The erythema was managed entirely in 24.4% of group 1 patients after the first session, while it did not change in any of the group 2 patients. Pain intensity and erythema had similar dynamics for both groups. In 5 days, 75.6% of group 1 patients showed complete epithelization, while in group 2 the process was completed in only 37.8% of patients. As a whole, the results we obtained using LLLT to treat chronic RAS were better than those obtained in the group receiving pharmacotherapy. Pain and inflammation were very effectively managed with LLLT with the parameters we used and epithelization was considerably accelerated.
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- Hristina Lalabonova
- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv , Plovdiv , Bulgaria
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv , Plovdiv , Bulgaria
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Lalabonova H, Daskalov H. STUDYING THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE INFRARED LASER WITH (λ)904 FOR TREATMENT OF BONE RESORPTION OF DENTAL IMPLANTS IN PROCESS OF OSSEOINTEGRATION. JofIMAB 2014. [DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2014203.572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Lalabonova H, Todorov GR, Daskalov H. CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF LOW LEVEL LASER TREATMENT OF ORAL MUCOSA DECUBITUS ULCERS. JofIMAB 2013. [DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2013194.380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Stoev SD, Gundasheva D, Zarkov I, Mircheva T, Zapryanova D, Denev S, Mitev Y, Daskalov H, Dutton M, Mwanza M, Schneider YJ. Experimental mycotoxic nephropathy in pigs provoked by a mouldy diet containing ochratoxin A and fumonisin B1. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 64:733-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2011.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2010] [Revised: 01/02/2011] [Accepted: 01/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Byelashov OA, Daskalov H, Geornaras I, Kendall PA, Belk KE, Scanga JA, Smith GC, Sofos JN. Reduction of Listeria monocytogenes on frankfurters treated with lactic acid solutions of various temperatures. Food Microbiol 2010; 27:783-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2010] [Revised: 04/01/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Daskalov H, Vladimirova-Kitova L, Lalabonova H. THE CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENT - CHALLENGE OR PROBLEM FOR THE DOCTOR OF DENTAL MEDICINE? JofIMAB 2010. [DOI: 10.5272/jimab.1522009_122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Koynarski V, Stoev S, Grozeva N, Mirtcheva T, Daskalov H, Mitev J, Mantle P. Experimental coccidiosis provoked by Eimeria acervulina in chicks simultaneously fed on ochratoxin A contaminated diet. Res Vet Sci 2007; 82:225-31. [PMID: 16997337 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2006.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2006] [Revised: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 07/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The progression of coccidiosis provoked by Eimeria acervulina was followed in chicks fed on OTA-contaminated as well as on OTA-free diets. More heavy progress of duodenal coccidiosis, including mortality, occurred in OTA-treated chicks as can be seen from the higher value of lesion (3.50) and oocyst (31.65) indices. A stronger decrease of serum total protein was found in OTA-treated chicks (22.80 g/l) than in chicks infected with E. acervulina(24.20 g/l), but that decrease was strongest in chicks treated with OTA and simultaneously infected with E. acervulina (19.71 g/l). The serum concentration of uric acid was significantly increased in all chicks exposed to OTA, most notably in those additionally infected with E. acervulina (1020.6 (micro mol/L), whereas the serum enzyme activity of AST was increased only in chicks infected with E. acervulina and highest in those fed OTA contaminated diet (122.2 U/L). OTA induced degenerative changes in kidneys, liver and heart as well as a depletion of lymphoid tissue in the lymphoid organs and a decrease of body weight. Coccidiosis induced only a slight growth depression and duodenal hemorrhages in addition to characteristic duodenal damages. The impairment of kidney function, histopathological changes and general growth depression were stronger when chicks infected with E. acervulina were also given OTA.
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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Stoev SD, Daskalov H, Radic B, Domijan AM, Peraica M. Spontaneous mycotoxic nephropathy in Bulgarian chickens with unclarified mycotoxin aetiology. Vet Res 2002; 33:83-93. [PMID: 11873821 DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2001008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Histopathological, biochemical and toxicological investigations of tissues and blood of normally slaughtered chickens exhibiting different frequencies (1-2%, 40-50% and above 80%) of nephropathy changes (congested or pale and enlarged kidneys) at the slaughtering meat inspection were carried out to elucidate the aetiology of nephropathies of chickens encountered in Bulgaria. A close relationship was observed between the frequency of this nephropathy and the rate of nephrotoxic mycotoxin ochratoxin A in muscles, kidneys and livers of chickens, but the levels of ochratoxin A in corresponding feed samples (0.1-0.3 ppm) were significantly lower than the levels (2-4 ppm) required to reproduce such nephropathy. Clinicomorphological changes such as nervous symptoms, vascular and oedematous changes in various internal organs and the brain, and subcutaneous or liver and kidney haemorrhages in addition to known degenerative changes in the kidneys, liver and lymphoid organs differed from the classical description of the nephropathy made in Scandinavia. The conclusion is that the Bulgarian chicken nephropathy may have a multitoxic aetiology because it cannot be explained by the concentration of ochratoxin A alone.
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- Stoycho D Stoev
- Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Thracian University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
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Supplementing cytophaga agar and broth with 0.5 g l-1 each of D(+) galactose, D(+) glucose, L-rhamnose and skimmed milk gave a dramatic improvement in the isolation of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum. By means of spread-plating, approximately double the number of colonies of larger size were obtained on the improved medium compared to cytophaga agar alone. In supplemented cytophaga broth, growth of Fl. psychrophilum was more rapid and generated greater biomass.
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- H Daskalov
- Department of Biological Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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Austin DA, Robertson PA, Wallace DK, Daskalov H, Austin B. Isolation of Aeromonas salmonicida in association with purple-pigmented bacteria in sediment from a Scottish loch. Lett Appl Microbiol 1998; 27:349-51. [PMID: 9871353 DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.1998.00452.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Aeromonas salmonicida was recovered in close association with an unidentified purple-pigmented organism, which was isolated from sediment in a Scottish loch during November (1997) and February (1998). However, there has not been any evidence of A. salmonicida infections, specifically furunculosis, associated with the fish in this loch.
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- D A Austin
- Department of Biological Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, UK.
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