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Periodontal Microflora of HIV Positive Subjects With Gingivitis or Adult Periodontitis
Author(s) -
Moore Lillian V.H.,
Moore W.E.C.,
Riley Chiara,
Brooks C.N.,
Burmeister J.A.,
Smibert R.M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1993.64.1.48
Subject(s) - gingivitis , periodontitis , radial immunodiffusion , microbiology and biotechnology , mycoplasma , biology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunodiffusion , population , medicine , immunology , dentistry , antibody , environmental health
The subgingival microflora of 39 HIV + subjects with gingivitis or adult Periodontitis was cultured quantitatively anaerobically for bacteria, spirochetes, and mycoplasma and aerobically for yeasts. Isolates were characterized by conventional biochemical tests, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of soluble proteins, cellular fatty acid profiles, immunofluorescence, and immunodiffusion. In general, the same types of bacteria were isolated from the subgingival crevice of HIV + subjects as we previously had isolated from the subgingival crevice of non‐HIV subjects. A statistically significant difference was found between the composition of the flora of HIV + subjects with adult Periodontitis (AP) and concurrent studies of a non‐HIV + AP population. Mycoplasma salivarium was significantly elevated in the HIV+ subjects examined. Yeasts were isolated from only 10% of the samples and from 13% of the HIV‐positive subjects at 0.05 to 0.0002% of the total cultivable count when present. J Periodontol 1993; 64:48–56 .