Endodontic bacteria from primary and persistent endodontic lesions in Chinese patients as identified by cloning and 16S ribosomal DNA gene sequencing

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 634-639

  Li, Xin ^a   Zhu, Xiao Fei ^b   Zhang, Cheng Fei ^c   Cathro, Peter ^d   Seneviratne, C J ^c   Shen, Song ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal DNA; Endodontic bacteria; Persistent infections; Primary infections

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; PLASMID DNA;

ACTINOMYCES; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY AND PERSISTENT ENDODONTIC LESION; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TOOTH INFECTION;

BACTERIA; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULPITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874152757     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20122285     Document Type: Article

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