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Erschienen in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 1/2017

11.07.2016 | Head and Neck

Biofilm on the tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis: considerations for oral decontamination

verfasst von: Eszter Somogyi-Ganss, Mark S. Chambers, Jan S. Lewin, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Katherine A. Hutcheson

Erschienen in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology | Ausgabe 1/2017

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Abstract

The tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) restores verbal communication after total laryngectomy using a one-way valved voice prosthesis (VP). Microbial colonization can shorten VP device life. Our aims were to investigate patterns of prosthetic and oral colonization, and record changes in VP device life after targeted decontamination. We conducted a retrospective review of TEP clinic patients who underwent microbial analysis of the VP between 01/2003 and 07/2013. Two subgroups were analyzed: (1) patients with microbial analysis of the VP and the mouth were analyzed to identify patterns of common contamination, and (2) patients who were prescribed targeted oral decontamination on the basis of the microbial analysis of the VP were analyzed to evaluate effects on device life. Among 42 patients, 3 patients had only fungal, 5 only bacterial, and 33 had polyspecies fungal and bacterial colonization. In the TEP-oral microflora subgroup (n = 15), 7 had common microorganisms in the mouth and on the VP. Among the decontamination subgroup (n = 23), 6 patients received broad spectrum rinse, 16 antifungal agents and 13 antibiotics, or a combination thereof. After targeted decontamination, the median device life of prostheses improved from 7.89 to 10.82 weeks (p = 0.260). The majority of patients with a suboptimal VP device life in this pilot had polyspecies bacterial and fungal colonization. VPs rarely had fungal contamination alone (3 %), and non-albicans fungal species were more common than expected. For these reasons, we are exploring the use of targeted decontamination regimens that were associated with 1.4-fold improvement in VP duration.
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Metadaten
Titel
Biofilm on the tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis: considerations for oral decontamination
verfasst von
Eszter Somogyi-Ganss
Mark S. Chambers
Jan S. Lewin
Jeffrey J. Tarrand
Katherine A. Hutcheson
Publikationsdatum
11.07.2016
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology / Ausgabe 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0937-4477
Elektronische ISSN: 1434-4726
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-016-4193-0

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