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The oral cavity as a source of potential pathogens in focal infection
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|August 1, 1976
Abstract:
The various microbial species present in different areas of the oral cavity are described. A few streptococcal species, whose only known habitat is the mouth, have been associated with subacute bacterial endocarditis, and it would therefore seem that the oral cavity can serve as a reservoir for at least one type of focal infection. However, the role of oral bacteria in other types of focal infection is obscure.