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Periodontal disease as reservoir for multi-resistant and hydrolytic enterobacterial species.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 May 2007
Gonçalves M O, Coutinho-Filho W P, Pimenta F P, Pereira G A, Pereira J A A, Mattos-Guaraldi A L, Hirata R
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AIMS: This investigation aimed to isolate enteric rods from subgingival sites of patients presenting chronic periodontitis lesions, and to assess antimicrobial resistance and expression of hydrolytic enzymes. METHODS AND RESULTS: Enterobacteriaceae were isolated from 20% patients, and assayed for antimicrobial susceptibility and hydrolytic enzymes with specificity to different substrates. Isolates comprised seven...
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