Oro-dental bacteria in various atherosclerotic arteries

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 755-757

  Taylor Robinson, D ^a   Aduse Opoku, J ^b   Sayed, P ^b   Slaney, J M ^b   Thomas, B J ^a   Curtis, M A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RNA GENE; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

AORTA; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES;

EID: 0036460282     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0810-5     Document Type: Article

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