Ecological considerations in the treatment of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis periodontal infections

Periodontology 2000

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 341-362

  Socransky, Sigmund S ^a   Haffajee, Anne D ^a   Ximenez Fyvie, Laurie Ann ^a   Feres, Magda ^a   Mager, Donna ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL COUNT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PLAQUE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MOUTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033145150     PISSN: 09066713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.1999.tb00165.x     Document Type: Article

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