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Dialister pneumosintes , a new putative jreiodontal pathogen
Author(s) -
Ghayoumi Nooshin,
Chen Casey,
Slots Jørgen
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of periodontal research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.31
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0765
pISSN - 0022-3484
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0765.2002.05019.x
Subject(s) - porphyromonas gingivalis , periodontal pathogen , periodontitis , bacteroides , periodontal disease , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , dentistry , chronic periodontitis , medicine , biology , bacteria , genetics
Recent studies have implicated Dialister pneumosintes as a candidate jreiodontal pathogen. This study determined the association of subgingival D. pneumosintes with demographic variables (age and gender) and the presence of subgingival jreiodontopathic Bacteroides forsythus and Porphyromonas gingivalis . Microbial identification by established PCR techniques was jreformed in samples from 149 jreiodontitis patients. Subgingival D. pneumosintes occurred with significantly higher prevalence in older individuals and was closely associated with subgingival B. forsythus. D. pneumosintes may play an important role in the microbial complex responsible for destructive jreiodontal disease.