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Bacterial colonization of the parotid duct in xerostomia
1Department of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology, Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
Salivary flow rate and bacterial colonization of the parotid main duct were investigated in 17 patients referred for sialography and in 10 healthy controls. Cultures in the controls were negative whilst the patient group revealed bacterial colonization of the main duct, especially in those with the lowest flow rates. The implications of this finding in patients at high risk of endocarditis who will be undergoing sialography are discussed.