Comprehensive Analysis of Secondary Dental Root Canal Infections: A Combination of Culture and Culture-Independent Approaches Reveals New Insights

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Anderson, Annette Carola ^a   Hellwig, Elmar ^a   Vespermann, Robin ^a   Wittmer, Annette ^a   Schmid, Michael ^b   Karygianni, Lamprini ^a   Al Ahmad, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDETES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA LIBRARY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIRMICUTES; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; PHYLOGENY; ROOT CANAL THERAPY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84869073819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049576     Document Type: Article

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