Evaluation of root canal microorganisms isolated from teeth with endodontic failure and their antimicrobial susceptibility

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-103

  Pinheiro, E T ^a   Gomes, Brenda P F A ^a   Ferraz, C C R ^a   Teixeira, F B ^a   Zaia, A A ^a   Souza Filho, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Endodontic failure; Microbiology; Root canal therapy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCES; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDODONTICS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFLORA; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ACTINOMYCES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMANS; LACTAMS; MACROLIDES; PENICILLINS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037911502     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2003.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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