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8152834

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
Associations between recovery of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans from samples of subgingival plaque, and samples of buccal mucosa, tongue and unstimulated saliva were studied in 107 subjects. Ten subjects had gingivitis, 18 localized juvenile periodontitis, 45 rapidly progressive periodontitis and 32 adult periodontitis. Two children suffered from prepubertal periodontitis. Heterogeneity tests for associations in different study populations yielded nonsignificant results. Mantel-Haenszel's common odds ratios were 52.9, 37.2 and 19.8 for respective associations between pooled subgingival samples, and cheek, saliva and tongue samples. Significant McNemar's chi-square of 5.88, 11.25 and 16.96 for respective associations pointed to secondary occurrence of A. actinomycetemcomitans in extracrevicular samples. Multiple linear regression yielded a significant influence of the number of deep periodontal pockets of 7 mm or more and a negative influence of the diagnosis "adult periodontitis" on the log-transformed number of colony-forming units of A. actinomycetemcomitans in samples from cheek mucosa in patients infected with the organism. Extracrevicular occurrence of A. actinomycetemcomitans seems to reflect total subgingival numbers of the organism. Especially sampling cheek mucosa appears to be a promising tool in the diagnosis of a periodontal infection with A. actinomycetemcomitans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0902-0055
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
344-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans recovery from extracrevicular locations of the mouth.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Periodontology, University of Münster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article