Occurrence of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Bacteroides forsythus, and Treponema denticola in Periodontally Healthy and Diseased Subjects as Determined by an ELISA Technique

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-23

  Di Murro, Carlo ^a   Paolantonio, Michele ^b   Pedrazzoli, Vinicio ^a   Lopatin, Dennis E ^c   Cattabriga, Marcello ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteroides forsythus; Gingivitis microbiology; Periodontitis microbiology; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Treponema denticola

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTEROIDES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREPONEMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTEROIDES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREPONEMA;

EID: 0030636164     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1997.68.1.18     Document Type: Article

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