The Prevotella intermedia group organisms in young children and their mothers as related to maternal periodontal status

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 329-334

  Könönen, Eija ^a,b,d   Wolf, Juhani ^b   Mättö, Jaana ^b   Frandsen, Ellen V G ^c   Poulsen, Knud ^d   Jousimies Somer, Hannele ^a   Asikainen, Sirkka ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AP PCR; Bacterial transmission; Mother child pairs; Periodontal status; Prevotella intermedia; Prevotella nigrescens; Prevotella pallens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTHER; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SALIVA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PERIODONTITIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SALIVA;

EID: 0034544349     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0765.2000.035006329.x     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Consensus Report. Anonymous. Periodontal diseases: pathogenesis and microbial factors. Ann Periodontol 1996;1:926-932.
2. Könönen E, Asikainen S, Saarela M, Karjalainen J, Jousimies-Somer H. The oral gram-negative anaerobic microflora in young children: longitudinal changes from edentulous to dentate mouth. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1994;9:136-141.
3. Könönen E. Pigmented Prevotella species in the periodontally healthy oral cavity. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 1993;6:201-206.
4. Könönen E, Mättö J, Väisänen-Tunkelrott M-L et al. Biochemical and genetic characterization of a Prevotella intermedia/nigrescens-like organism. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998;48:39-46.
5. Könönen E, Eerola E, Frandsen EVG et al. Phylogenetic characterization and proposal of a new pigmented species to the genus Prevotella: Prevotella pallens sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998;48:47-51.
6. Fukushima H, Moroi H, Inoue J et al. Phenotypic characteristics and DNA relatedness in Prevotella intermedia and similar organisms. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1992;7:60-64.
7. Mättö J, Saarela M, von Troil-Lindén B et al. Distribution and genetic analysis of oral Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1996;11: 96-102.
8. van Steenbergen TJM, Bosch-Tijhof CJ, Petit MDA. van der Velden U. Intra-familial transmission and distribution of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens. J Periodont Res 1997;32:345-350.
9. Dahlén G, Wikström M, Renvert S, Gmür R, Guggenheim B. Biochemical and serological characterization of Bacteroides intermedius strains isolated from the deep periodontal pocket. J Clin Microbiol 1990;28:2269-2274.
10. Hafström C, Dahlén G. Pathogenicity of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens isolates in a wound chamber model in rabbits. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1997; 12:148-154.
11. Teanpaisan R, Douglas CWI, Walsh TF. Characterization of black-pigmented anaerobes isolated from diseased and healthy periodontal sites. J Periodont Res 1995;30:245-251.
12. Petit MDA, van Steenbergen TJM, Timmerman MF, de Graaff J, van der Velden U. Prevalence of periodontitis and suspected periodontal pathogens in families of adult periodontitis patients. J Clin Periodontol 1994;21:76-85.
13. Asikainen S, Chen C, Slots J. Likelihood of transmitting Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis in families with periodontitis. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1996;11:387-394.
14. Li Y, Caufield PW. The fidelity of initial acquisition of mutans streptococci by infants from their mothers. J Dent Res 1995;74:681-685.
15. von Troil-Lindén B, Torkko H, Alaluusua S, Jousimies-Somer H, Asikainen S. Salivary levels of suspected periodontal pathogens in relation to periodontal status and treatment. J Dent Res 1995;74:1789-1795.
16. Summanen P, Baron EJ, Citron DM, Strong CA, Wexler HM, Finegold SM. Wadsworth anaerobic bacteriology manual, 5th edn. Belmont: Star Publishing, 1993.
17. Frandsen EVG, Poulsen K, Kilian M. Confirmation of the species Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995;45:429-435.
18. Mättö J, Saarela M, von Troil-Lindén B, Alaluusua S, Jousimies-Somer H, Asikainen S. Similarity of salivary and subgingival Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens isolates by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1996;11:395-401.
19. Lang N, Adler R, Joss A, Nyman S. Absence of bleeding on probing. An indicator of periodontal stability. J Clin Periodontol 1990;17:714-721.
20. Guillot E, Mouton C. PCR-DNA probe assays for identification and detection of Prevotella intermedia sensu stricto and Prevotella nigrescens. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35:1876-1882.
21. Premaraj T, Kato N, Fukui K, Kato H, Watanabe K. Use of PCR and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis techniques for differentiation of Prevotella intermedia sensu stricto and Prevotella nigrescens. J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:1057-1061.
22. Pearce MA, Dixon RA, Gharbia SE, Shah HN, Devine DA. Characterization of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens by enzyme production, restriction endonuclease and ribosomal RNA gene restriction analyses. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1996;11:135-141.
23. Frisken KW, Higgins T, Palmer JM. The incidence of periodontopathic microorganisms in young children. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1990;5:43-45.
24. Könönen E, Kanervo A, Takala A, Asikainen S, Jousimies-Somer H. Establishment of oral anaerobes during the first year of life. J Dent Res 1999;78:1634-1639.
25. Fukui K, Kato N, Kato H, Watanabe K, Tatematsu N. Incidence of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens carriage among family members with subclinical periodontal disease. J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:3141-3145.
26. Teanpaisan R, Douglas CWI, Eley AR, Walsh TF. Clonality of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens isolated from periodontally diseased and healthy sites. J Periodont Res 1996; 31:423-432.
27. Könönen E, Saarela M, Karjalainen J, Jousimies-Somer H, Alaluusua S, Asikainen S. Transmission of oral Prevotella melaninogenica between a mother and her young child. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1994;9:310-314.
28. Alaluusua S. Transmission of mutans streptococci. Proc Finn Dent Soc 1991;87:443-447.