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Table 1 Bacterial culture of posterior pharyngeal wall microbiotas at different time points(n = 3)

From: Research on pharyngeal bacterial flora in transoral atlantoaxial operation and the postoperative follow-up study

Dwelling time point

Oropharyngeal microbiotas

Streptococcus mitis and Neisseria spp.

Streptococcus mitis or Neisseria spp.

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Subspecies of Streptococcus constellatus

Serratia marcescens

Abacterial growth

T1

105 ~ 107 (9 cases)

105 ~ 107 (4 cases)

0

0

0

0 (7 cases)

T2

103 ~ 105 (9 cases)

105 (6 cases)

105 ~ 107 (3 cases)

107 (1 case)

105 (1 case)

0

T3

103 (1 case)

103 (10 cases)

0

103 (1 case)

< 105 (1 case)

0 (7 cases)

T4

0

0

0

0

0

0 (20 cases)

  1. Three days before operation/before gargling (T1); Three days after continuous gargling/after anesthesia intubation on the day of operation (T2); after intraoperative cleaning and washing of the mouth (T3); after intraoperative iodophor immersion (T4)