MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND CATALASE PROFILE OF ORAL MICROORGANISMS IN CHILDREN WITH GASTRITIS AND GASTRODUODENITIS
The oral microbiome was compared between 33 children aged 5-18 years with gastritis or gastroduodenitis and multiple dental caries and 20 controls. Culture-based analysis revealed 16 taxa in controls and 20 identified taxa plus unidentified strains in the study group. Shannon diversity was higher in the study group (2....