Original article
English
Ibrahim A. Taher 1, TW Macfarlane 2, WMM Jinkins 3
1-Asst. Prof of Microbiology, Dept of Laboratory Medicine,Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya 2-Prof. Oral Medicine & Pathology 3-Consultant Periodontologist Glasgow Dental Hospital Glasgow, Scotland
J Bahrain Med Soc. Vol. 7, No.3 December 1995:162
Abstract
The prevalence of A.actinomycetemcomitans in 98 Scottish patients with chronic periodontitis (302 subgingival sites) and 55 health control subjects was investigated. The organism was isolated from 39% of patients and from 27% of the total samples collected. However, only one 2% of the 55 control subjects possessed A . actinomycetemcomitans. A . actinomycetemcomitans was isolated overall from more sites in male patients (60%) compared to female patients (40%). In general there were no clear differences between the prevalence of A.actinomycetemcomitans in the six different segments sampled in the 98 patients.
Keywords: The Prevalence Of Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans In A Scottish Chronic Periodontitis Patients
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