Trial reportMicrobiology spectrum2022
The Impact of Mouthwash on the Oropharyngeal Microbiota of Men Who Have Sex with Men: a Substudy of the OMEGA Trial.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Changes in anorectal and oropharyngeal microbiota following infection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in men who have sex with men: a prospective cohort study.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Emerging patterns in nanoparticle-based therapeutic approaches for rheumatoid arthritis: A comprehensive bibliometric and visual analysis spanning two decades.Open life sciences · 2025Article
- Oropharyngeal microbiome profiling and its association with age and heart failure in the elderly population from the northernmost province of China.Microbiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Understanding Risk Factors for Oropharyngeal Gonorrhea Among Sex Workers Attending Sexual Health Clinics in 2 Australian Cities: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Antiseptics: An expeditious third force in the prevention and management of coronavirus diseases.Current research in microbial sciences · 2024Review
- Narrative review of application of metagenomic approaches to study the link between oropharyngeal microbiome and infectious diseases.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Short-term effects of Chlorhexidine mouthwash and Listerine on oral microbiome in hospitalized patients.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
- The Discovery of Oropharyngeal Microbiota with Inhibitory Activity against PathogenicMicroorganisms · 2022Article
- Optimisation of treatments for oralBMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
Mouthwash is a commonly used product and has been proposed as an alternative intervention to prevent gonorrhea transmission. However, the long-term effects of mouthwash on the oral microbiota are largely unknown. We investigated the impact of 12 weeks of daily mouthwash use on the oropharyngeal microbiota in a subset of men who have sex with men who participated in a randomized trial comparing the efficacy of two alcohol-free mouthwashes for the prevention of gonorrhea. We characterized the oropharyngeal microbiota using 16S rRNA gene sequencing of tonsillar fossae samples collected before and after 12 weeks of daily use of Listerine mouthwash or Biotène dry mouth oral rinse. Permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) was used to assess differences in oropharyngeal microbiota composition following mouthwash use. Differential abundance testing was performed using ALDEx2, with false-discovery rate correction. A total of 306 samples from 153 men were analyzed (Listerine,
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