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. 2009 Mar 4;47(5):1352–1357. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02016-08

TABLE 3.

Frequency of detection of three Treponema species in primary endodontic infections by 16S rRNA gene-based nested-PCR analysis

Species Frequency ina:
Chronic apical periodontitis Acute apical periodontitis Acute apical abscess Total
T. denticola 822/32 (69) 8/10 (80) 29/48 (60) 59/90 (66)
T. maltophilum 9/32 (28) 5/10 (50) 12/48 (25) 26/90 (29)
T. socranskii 12/32 (37.5) 4/10 (40) 17/48 (35) 33/90 (37)
a

Number of positive cases/number of samples examined (percentage).