Quantitative molecular detection of putative periodontal pathogens in clinically healthy and periodontally diseased subjects.

Periodontitis is a multi-microbial oral infection with high prevalence among adults. Putative oral pathogens are commonly found in periodontally diseased individuals. However, these organisms can be also detected in the oral cavity of healthy subjects. This leads to the hypothesis, that alterations...

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Main Authors: André Göhler, Adrian Hetzer, Birte Holtfreter, Marie Henrike Geisel, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Ivo Steinmetz, Thomas Kocher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4100758?pdf=render