The clinical significance of beta hemolytic Streptococci of the milleri group in oral abscesses

Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-142

  Schuman, Norman J ^a,b   Turner, James E ^a  

^a Univ of Tennessee Coll of Dent   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAW DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; PERICORONITIS; PERIODONTAL ABSCESS; PERIODONTITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033454663     PISSN: 10534628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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