Table 1.

Summary of Oral Species Implicated in Extra-oral Infections and Inflammation

Extra-oral Infections Complicated by Oral Bacteria	Oral Species Detected*
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD)	Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
	Campylobacter rectus Chlamydia pneumoniae
	Eikenella corrodens
	Fusobacterium necrophorum
	Fusobacterium nucleatum
	Porphyromonas gingivalis
	Prevotella intermedia
	Streptococcus mitis
	Streptococcus mutans
	Streptococcus oralis
	Tannerella forsythia
	Treponema denticola
Adverse pregnancy outcomes (APO)	Begeyella spp.
	Campylobacter rectus
	Capnocytophaga spp.
	Eikenella corrodens
	Fusobacterium nucleatum
	Peptostreptococcus micros
	Porphyromonas gingivalis
	Prevotella intermedia
	Prevotella nigrescens
	Rothia dentocariosa
	Streptococcus mutans
	Tannerella forsythia
	Treponema denticola
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)	Fusobacterium nucleatum
	Porphyromonas gingivalis
	Prevotella intermedia
	Prevotella melaninogenica
	Serratia proteamaculans
	Tannerella forsythia
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer (CRC)	Campylobacter concisus
	Fusobacterium nucleatum
	Streptococcus mutans
Respiratory tract infections (RTI)	Staphylococcus aureus
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa
	Acinetobacter species
	Candida albicans
	Enteric species
Meningitis or brain abscesses	Campylobacter rectus
	Fusobacterium necrophorum
	Fusobacterium nucleatum
	Porphyromonas gingivalis
	Streptococcus intermedius
Lung, liver, or splenic abscesses	Fusobacterium necrophorum
	Fusobacterium nucleatum
	Porphyromonas gingivalis
	Prevotella spp.
	Treponema denticola
Appendicitis	Fusobacterium necrophorum
	Fusobacterium nucleatum

^*References are provided in the Appendix Table.