Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from refractory endodontic lesions are opportunistic pathogens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3859-3869

  Niazi, Sadia A ^a   Clarke, Douglas ^a   Do, Thuy ^a   Gilbert, Steven C ^a   Mannocci, Francesco ^a   Beighton, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RECA GENE; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

ABSCESS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOUTH; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PULPITIS; REC A RECOMBINASES; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

P ACNES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 78049503260     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01326-10     Document Type: Article

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