Azithromycin as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the treatment of Porphyromonas gingivalis-associated periodontitis: A pilot study

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1005-1015

  Oteo, Alfonso ^a   Herrera, David ^b   Figuero, Elena ^a,b   O'Connor, Ana ^b   González, Itziar ^b   Sanz, Mariano ^b  

^a Faculty of Odontology   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

azithromycin; microbiology; P. gingivalis; periodontitis; scaling and root planing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; CHLORHEXIDINE; MOUTHWASH;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PILOT STUDY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CETYLPYRIDINIUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL SCALING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTHWASHES; PILOT PROJECTS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78449241311     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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