Bacteraemia caused by periodontal probing

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-80

  Daly, Chris ^a   Mitchell, David ^b   Grossberg, David ^a   Highfield, John ^a   Stewart, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Periodontal probing; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PILOT STUDY; PREVOTELLA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVOTELLA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031110973     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1997.tb00100.x     Document Type: Article

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