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- ÍtemSolo MetadatosRelación entre los hábitos de cuidado del cepillo dental y los microorganismos Enterococcus faecalis y Staphylococcus aureus en estudiantes de la carrera de Odontología de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca, periodo 2022-2023.(Universidad Católica de Cuenca., 2023) García Cesén, Roberto Andrés; Alvarez Alvarez, Diana Patricia; 0104595178On some occasions, studies have been conducted to isolate different microorganisms from toothbrushes, in- cluding Enterococcus (E) faecalis and Staphylococcus (S) aureus. Therefore, this study aims to examine the correlation between toothbrush care habits to the presence of these bacteria in toothbrushes belonging to tenth- level dental students at the Catholic University of Cuenca. It was quasi-experimental, cross-sectional, corre- lational, and quantitative research, using the program SPSS 26 for data analysis. The obtained results from the samples revealed the presence of E. faecalis in 11.0% of the samples, S. aureus identified by mannitol method in 42.5% of the samples, S. aureus detected by coagulase method in 15.1% of the samples, S. aureus identified by DNAase method in 12.3% of the samples, and of S. aureus detected by the nuc-A and fem-B method in 6.8% of the samples. The resistance gene blaZ was positive in all samples, and the virulence genes hla and hld were positive in all samples. It was observed that the most significant presence of microorganisms was found in the samples obtained from participants living in urban areas; a significant number of them do not cover the toothbrush bristles.