Detection and serotype distribution of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in cardiovascular specimens from Japanese patients

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-139

  Nakano, K ^a   Inaba, H ^a   Nomura, R ^a   Nemoto, H ^a   Tamura, K ^a   Miyamoto, E ^a   Yoshioka, H ^b   Taniguchi, K ^b   Amano, A ^a   Ooshima, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Cardiovascular specimens; Polymerase chain reaction; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH PLAQUE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS; CHINA; DENTAL PLAQUE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 33847060762     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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