Prevalence, phenotype and genotype of oral enterococci

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-101

  Sedgley, C M ^a   Lennan, S L ^a   Clewell, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; Oral enterococci; Phenotype; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIOCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GELATINASE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; METAL ION; PENICILLIN G; PHEROMONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODONTICS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GELATINASES; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 1442314058     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0902-0055.2004.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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