Occurrence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in patients with chronic periodontitis, aggressive periodontitis, healthy subjects and children with gingivitis in two cities of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of isolation of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) in 100 patients with chronic periodontitis, 14 patients with aggressive periodontitis, 142 pre-school children with gingivitis and 134 periodontally healthy subjects. Samples of subgingival plaque were taken using sterilized paper points introduced into periodontal pockets or gingival crevice for 60 seconds and inoculated on TSBV agar, which was incubated under anaerobiosis at 37ºC, for 4 days. Microbial identification was performed through biochemical methods and morphocellular and morphocolonial analysis. Aa was detected in 40.3% of healthy subjects, 68% of patients with chronic periodontitis, 92.86% of patients with aggressive periodontitis and 40.14% of children with gingivitis. The rate of recovery of Aa in the tested human groups proved to be higher than previously reported and in agreement with participation of this facultative anaerobe as a member of native microbiota of the periodontium and its relation with aggressive and chronic periodontitis in Brazil.

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Main Authors:	Jardim Júnior,Elerson Gaetti, Bosco,Joseane Maria Dias, Lopes,Angélica Marquezim, Landucci,Luís Fernando, Jardim,Ellen Cristina Gaetti, Carneiro,Sílvia Rosana Soares
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Faculdade De Odontologia De Bauru - USP 2006
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572006000300001
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