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Persistence of oral colonization by the same Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans strain(s).
Journal of periodontology - 1 May 1999
Saarela M H, Doğan B, Alaluusua S, Asikainen S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Gram-negative facultatively anaerobic coccobacillus Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is the major pathogen in localized juvenile periodontitis (LJP) and some forms of adult periodontitis (AP). A. actinomycetemcomitans can be grouped into 5 serotypes (a through e) based on differences in the carbohydrate moiety of cell surface lipopolysaccharide. The A. actinomycetemcomitans population is...
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