在二次尖端牙周炎中Enterococcus faecalis:细菌生存和疾病持久性的机制

Mohamed M Elashiry1, Brian E Bergeron2, Franklin R Tay2

  • 1Department of Endodontics, Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University, Georgia, USA; Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Microbial pathogenesis
|September 8, 2023
PubMed
概括

菌 (Enterococcus faecalis) 是一种机会性病原体,会破坏免疫细胞并抵抗治疗. 对其免疫调节作用的进一步研究对于开发有效的治疗方法来对抗像牙周炎这样的感染至关重要.

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