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Oral Biofilm Analysis of Palatal Expanders by Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
Published on: October 20, 2011
Diverse and novel oral bacterial species in blood following dental procedures
Farah K Bahrani-Mougeot1, Bruce J Paster, Shirley Coleman
1Department of Oral Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina 28203, USA. farah.bahrani-mougeot@carolinas.org
Abstract:
We identified oral bacterial species in blood cultures following single-tooth extraction and tooth brushing. Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA genes identified 98 different bacterial species recovered from 151 bacteremic subjects. Of interest, 48 of the isolates represented 19 novel species of Prevotella, Fusobacterium, Streptococcus, Actinomyces, Capnocytophaga, Selenomonas, and Veillonella.
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