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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Endod. 2015 Oct 29;41(12):1975–1984. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2015.08.022

Table 7.

Number and percentage of bacterial genera presented in the periodontal pockets (PP) and root canals (RC) of combined endodontic-periodontal lesions before (B) and after (A) chemomechanical preparation by culture in 15 subjects

Periodontal Pockets
Root Canals
GENUS
Before Treatment After Treatment Before Treatment After Treatment
Actinomyces 1/6.7 1/6.7 2/13.3 ND
Aggregatibacter 2/13.3 2/13.3 2/13.3 ND
Anaerococcus 5/33.3 6/40 3/20 ND
Bifidobacterium 1/6.7 1/6.7 1/6.7 ND
Campylobacter ND ND 2/13.3 ND
Capnocytophaga 1/6.7 1/6.7 ND ND
Enterococcus ND ND 3/20 ND
Eubacterium ND ND 2/13.3 ND
Fusobacterium 8/53.3 11/73.3 8/53.3 ND
Gemella 12/80 5/33.3 10/66.7 1/6.7
Haemophilus 5/33.3 6/40 4/26.7 ND
Lactococcus 2/13.3 ND ND ND
Neisseria 4/26.7 1/6.7 2/13.3 ND
Parvimonas 9/60 6/40 5/33.3 ND
Peptostreptococcus 1/6.7 ND ND ND
Porphyromonas 8/53.3 2/13.3 ND ND
Prevotella 6/40 5/33.3 11/73.3 1/6.7
Propionibacterium 5/33.3 ND 2/13.3 1/6.7
Staphylococcus 1/6.7 1/6.7 ND ND
Streptococcus 1/6.7 9/60 10/66.7 1/6.7

ND = not detected