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[The microbiological aspects of dental caries: the evaluation of a protocol for isolating Streptococcus mutans]
D Moniaci1, A Lojacono, S Cenna
1Istituto Policattedra di Clinica Odontostomatologica e Chirurgia Maxillo-Facciale, Università degli Studi di Torino.
Minerva Stomatologica
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
The role of Streptococcus mutans in the etiopathogenesis of dental caries to set up a protocol for the culture and the identification of the bacterium, in order to obtain the isolation in an heterogeneous age, sex and stomatognathic population is described. A selected culture medium for mutans, Mitis Salivarius agar enriched with Bacitracin (MSB-agar), has been used as well as biochemical method based on carbohydrates fermentation by amplified bacterial flora for the identification of the bacterial genus.