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Enrichment of multilocus sequence typing clade 1 with oral Candida albicans isolates in patients with untreated periodontitis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2012
McManus Brenda A, Maguire Rory, Cashin Phillipa J, Claffey Noel, Flint Stephen, Abdulrahim Mohammed H, Coleman David C
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the prevalence and cell density of Candida species in periodontal pockets, healthy subgingival sites, and oral rinse samples of patients with untreated periodontitis. Twenty-one periodontitis patients underwent sampling at two periodontitis sites, and 19/21 of these patients underwent sampling at one periodontally healthy site. Both paper point and curette sampling techniques were...
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