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J Clin Microbiol
; 51(3): 993-4, 2013 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23254133
RESUMO
A real-time PCR assay developed to quantify Methanobrevibacter oralis indicated that its inoculum significantly correlated with periodontitis severity (P = 0.003), despite a nonsignificant difference in prevalence between controls (3/10) and patients (12/22) (P = 0.2, Fisher test). The M. oralis load can be used as a biomarker for periodontitis.