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Dental amalgam and multiple antibiotic resistance: an untested hypothesis

Author(s) -

BRIAN G. SHEARER

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.37.8.1730

Subject(s) - amalgam (chemistry) , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , resistance (ecology) , medicine , dentistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , ecology , electrode

In a recent article in your journal, Summers et al. (3) suggested that exposure to mercury (Hg) from dental amalgams resulted in an increased incidence of multiple antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the normal floras of nonmedicated subjects. However, the study does not allow such conclusions, and the authors' inferences are unwarranted. The investigators first reported the results of a study that attempted to correlate the incidence of Hg resistance with that of antibiotic resistance in human fecal flora. This study

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