Detection of filifactor alocis in endodontic infections associated with different forms of periradicular diseases

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-265

  Siqueira Jr , José F ^a,b,c   Rocas I N ^a  

^a ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Filifactor alocis; Polymerase chain reaction; Root canal infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILIFACTOR ALOCIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMANS; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037559330     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2003.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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