Rapid Identification of Periodontal Pathogens in Subgingival Plaque: Comparison of Indirect Immunofluorescence Microscopy with Bacterial Culture for Detection of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 793-798

  Bonta, Y ^a   Zambon, J J ^a   Genco, R J ^a   Neiders, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PERIODONTITIS; TIME; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SERA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGE; PERIODONTITIS; PERIODONTITIS, JUVENILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0022069009     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345850640050201     Document Type: Article

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