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Genotype variation and capsular serotypes of Porphyromonas gingivalis from chronic periodontitis and periodontal abscesses.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 May 2007
Yoshino Takashi, Laine Marja L, van Winkelhoff Arie Jan, Dahlén Gunnar
Abstract excerpt
Porphyromonas gingivalis is considered an important pathogen in periodontal disease. While this organism expresses a number of virulence factors, no study combining different virulence polymorphisms has, so far, been conducted. The occurrence of combined virulence (Cv) genotypes in 62 isolates of P. gingivalis was investigated from subjects displaying either chronic periodontitis or periodontal abscess. The Cv...
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