Incidence of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens carriage among family members with subclinical periodontal disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3141-3145

  Fukui, Katsuhito ^a   Kato, Naoki ^a   Kato, Haru ^b   Watanabe, Kunitomo ^a   Tatematsu, Norichika ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAMILY; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA NIGRESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA NIGRESCENS;

EID: 0032867946     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3141-3145.1999     Document Type: Article

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