Oral species of Fusobacterium from human and environmental samples

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 345-348

  Gaetti Jardim Jr , E ^b   Zelante, F ^b   Avila Campos, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Bacterial ecology; Oral fusobacterium

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GINGIVA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTITIS; SALIVA; SYRINGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GINGIVA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; SALIVA; SYRINGES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030236271     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-5712(95)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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