[The effect of nitazole preparations on the microflora in periodontitis]

Twenty-three patients with generalized periodontitis were examined. Microbiologic examination of the periodontal pouch contents, making use of anaerobic cultivation, resulted in isolation and identification of 103 strains, 76 (72.8%) of which were referred to obligate anaerobes. Facultative anaerobes made up 27.2% of the total number of the isolates. Therapy with water-soluble nitasole resulted in reduction of the number of microorganisms, decrease or arrest of pus discharge from the pouch, resolution of the edema and gingival ridge hyperemia, etc. Diffusion of nitasole (water-soluble) and cliostom from various dressings used in periodontitis was studied and the efficacy of combining these dressings revealed.