Association of black-pigmented bacteria with endodontic infections

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 413-415

  Baumgartner, J Craig ^a   Watkins, Beverly J ^a   Bae, Kwang Shik ^a,b   Xia, Tian ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA;

EID: 0033147252     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-2399(99)80268-4     Document Type: Article

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