Detection and Quantification of Oral Treponemes in Subgingival Plaque by Real-Time PCR

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Oral treponemes have been associated with periodontal diseases. We developed a highly sensitive and specific method to detect and quantify cultivable oral treponemes (Treponema denticola, Treponema vincentii, and Treponema medium) in 50 subgingival plaque samples from 13 healthy subjects as well as 37 patients with periodontal diseases using real-time PCR assays with specific primers and a TaqMan probe for each...

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