TABLE 4.

Number of bacterial cells detected in oral specimens

Patient	No. of bacterial cellsa
	S. mutans	S. sobrinus	S. gordonii	S. mitis	A. naeslundii	A. viscosus
1	1.22 × 104 ± 0.58 × 103	9.19 × 104 ± 0.67 × 104	3.56 × 102 ± 0.14 × 103	1.96 × 105 ± 0.74 × 104	5.27 × 105 ± 0.13 × 104	1.45 × 100 ± 0.61 × 100c
2	NDb	1.08 × 105 ± 0.46 × 104	ND	8.19 × 104 ± 0.27 × 104	1.11 × 104 ± 0.49 × 103	ND
3	1.52 × 100 ± 0.00 × 100c	6.19 × 104 ± 0.30 × 104	ND	3.05 × 105 ± 0.93 × 104	ND	ND
4	ND	1.09 × 103 ± 0.16 × 103	ND	8.80 × 103 ± 0.55 × 103	5.26 × 104 ± 0.47 × 104	ND
5	1.25 × 104 ± 0.46 × 103	2.02 × 100 ± 0.00 × 100c	2.57 × 100 ± 0.15 × 101c	1.47 × 103 ± 0.26 × 103	9.16 × 100 ± 0.17 × 101	ND

^aThe number of CFU per PCR mixture. Data are means ± standard deviations (n = 3).

^bND, not detected.

^cTheoretical data below the detection limits.