Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Am J Otolaryngol. 2022 Nov-Dec;43(6):103549. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2022.103549. Epub 2022 Jul 28.
Coronavirus-disease-19 (COVID-19) continues to affect millions of individuals worldwide. Antiviral activity of mouthrinses remains an important research area as the oral cavity is a site of SARS-CoV-2 initial replication. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of three different mouthrinses in reducing the oral/oropharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load.
Adult patients, hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 were recruited for the study. Oral/oropharyngeal baseline SARS-CoV-2 samples were collected and analyzed by Real-Time-PCR. Subsequently, patients were instructed to rinse with 1 % hydrogen peroxide (HO), 0.12 % chlorhexidine (CHX), 1 % povidone‑iodine (PVP-I) or Sodium Chloride 0.9 % (placebo). Viral loads were measured right after (T1), and at 45 min (T2) from the rinse.
In the PVP-I 1 % group, 5/8 (62.5 %) patients at T1, and 3/8 (37.5 %) patients at T2, SARS-CoV-2 was not detectable in the swab specimens. In the HO 1 % group, 2/11 (18.2 %) patients at T1, and 2/11 (18.2 %) other patients at T2 showed no SARS-CoV-2 loads. One (12.5 %) patient in the CHX 0.12 % group showed SARS-CoV-2 negativity at T2. One (9.1 %) patient at T1, and another (9.1 %) patient at T2 showed no SARS-CoV-2 loads in the placebo group.
Oral SARS-CoV-2 loads were reduced at T1 in the PVP-I 1 % and HO 1 % groups.
PVP-I 1 % was the most effective rinse especially in patients with low viral copy numbers at baseline.
新型冠状病毒病(COVID-19)继续在全球范围内影响数百万人。漱口水的抗病毒活性仍然是一个重要的研究领域,因为口腔是 SARS-CoV-2 初始复制的部位。本研究旨在评估三种不同漱口水在降低口腔/咽 SARS-CoV-2 病毒载量方面的有效性。
这项研究招募了因确诊 COVID-19 而住院的成年患者。采集口腔/咽拭子的 SARS-CoV-2 基线样本,并用实时聚合酶链反应(PCR)进行分析。随后,指导患者用 1%双氧水(HO)、0.12%洗必泰(CHX)、1%聚维酮碘(PVP-I)或 0.9%生理盐水(安慰剂)漱口。在漱口后即刻(T1)和 45 分钟(T2)测量病毒载量。
在 1%PVP-I 组中,T1 时 8 例中有 5 例(62.5%),T2 时 8 例中有 3 例(37.5%)患者的拭子标本中检测不到 SARS-CoV-2。在 1%HO 组中,T1 时 11 例中有 2 例(18.2%),T2 时 11 例中有 2 例(18.2%)患者的拭子标本中检测不到 SARS-CoV-2。0.12%CHX 组中 1 例(12.5%)患者 T2 时 SARS-CoV-2 阴性。在安慰剂组中,T1 时 1 例(9.1%),T2 时 1 例(9.1%)患者的拭子标本中检测不到 SARS-CoV-2。
在 PVP-I 1%和 HO 1%组中,T1 时口腔 SARS-CoV-2 载量降低。
PVP-I 1%是最有效的漱口水,尤其是在基线病毒载量较低的患者中。