Adjunctive azithromycin in the treatment of aggressive periodontitis: Microbiological findings of a 12-month randomized clinical trial

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 556-563

  Haas, Alex Nogueira ^a   Silva Boghossian, Carina MacIel ^b   Colombo, Ana Paula ^b   Susin, Cristiano ^c   Albandar, Jasim M ^d   Oppermann, Rui Vicente ^a   Rösing, Cassiano Kuchenbecker ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents young adults; Aggressive periodontitis; Azithromycin; Checkerboard DNA DNA hybridization; Randomized controlled trial; Systemic antibiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; PLACEBO;

ACTINOMYCES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; EUBACTERIUM; FOLLOW UP; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; VEILLONELLA;

ACTINOMYCES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL SCALING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; EUBACTERIUM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; ROOT PLANING; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; VEILLONELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861806476     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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