TABLE 1.
Detection of B. forsythus and P. intermedia by multiplex PCR in four different specimens taken from each of 38 untreated patients with periodontitisa
| Patient no. | Presence of:
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| B. forsythus without P. intermedia | P. intermedia without B. forsythus | B. forsythus and P. intermedia | |
| 1 | − | + (T, B, Z) | + (P) |
| 2 | − | − | − |
| 3 | − | − | + (P, B) |
| 4 | + (B) | − | − |
| 5 | − | + (Z, P) | − |
| 6 | − | + (B) | − |
| 7 | + (P) | − | − |
| 8 | − | − | − |
| 9 | + (P) | − | − |
| 10 | + (B) | − | − |
| 11 | + (P) | + (B) | − |
| 12 | − | − | − |
| 13 | − | − | − |
| 14 | − | − | − |
| 15 | − | − | − |
| 16 | − | + (Z) | − |
| 17 | + (P) | − | − |
| 18 | − | + (T, B, Z) | − |
| 19 | − | + (T) | − |
| 20 | − | + (B) | + (P) |
| 21 | + (P) | − | − |
| 22 | − | + (T, Z) | − |
| 23 | + (P, B) | − | − |
| 24 | − | − | − |
| 25 | + (B) | + (Z) | − |
| 26 | − | − | − |
| 27 | − | − | − |
| 28 | − | − | − |
| 29 | + (P) | + (Z) | − |
| 30 | − | + (B, Z) | − |
| 31 | + (P) | + (Z) | − |
| 32 | − | − | − |
| 33 | − | − | − |
| 34 | + (P) | + (Z) | + (T) |
| 35 | − | − | + (P) |
| 36 | + (P) | − | − |
| 37 | − | − | + (P) |
| 38 | + (P) | − | − |
a
Positive sites in parentheses: P, subgingival plaque; T, tonsil swabs; B, buccal-membrane swabs; Z, tongue mucosal swabs.