Quantitative detection of Streptococcus mutans in the dental plaque of Japanese preschool children by real-time PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-131

  Hata, S ^a   Hata, H ^a   Miyasawa Hori, H ^a   Kudo, A ^a   Mayanagi, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental caries status; Preschool children; Quantitative detection; Real time PCR; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARIES DIAGNOSTICS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES STATUS; DENTAL PLAQUES; DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; QUANTITATIVE DETECTION; REAL-TIME PCR; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOTAL BACTERIA;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA POLYMERASE; GENOMIC DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENTISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; MUTAGENS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

BACTERIUM;

ACTINOMYCES ODONTOLYTICUS; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INCISOR; JAPAN; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOMYCES ODONTOLYTICUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33645214030     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01821.x     Document Type: Article

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