Differential clinical treatment outcome after systemic metronidazole and amoxicillin in patients harboring Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and/or Porphyromonas gingivalis

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 380-387

  Flemmig, T F ^a   Milian E ^a,b   Karch, H ^a   Klaiber, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Amoxicillin; Antibiotics; Metronidazole; Periodontitis therapy; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032059599     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.1998.tb02459.x     Document Type: Article

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