Direct detection of and in suppurative oral infection by amplification of 16S rRNA gene Free

Abstract

A specific 16S rDNA PCR and subsequent hybridisation reaction was designed to discriminate between strains of (n = 15) and (n = 15). This technique was then used to detect the presence of these two bacterial species in acute suppurative oral infection. A total of 36 pus samples aspirated from 26 peri-apical abscesses, three root canals, three periodontal abscesses, two cases of refractory periodontitis, one cyst and one haematoma was examined. A portion of the pus sample was processed by PCR and the remainder of the specimen was subjected to routine culture. The PCR-based technique gave an identical pattern of detection of or to that obtained by culture for 30 of the 36 specimens. Either or was present in 14 samples and neither species was detected in 16 samples. In the remaining six samples the PCR method indicated the presence of one (n = 3) or both (n = 3) of the species but neither or only one species was isolated by culture. It is concluded that the presence of and in pus can be detected rapidly and specifically by direct PCR amplification of 16S rDNA. was detected more frequently than in suppurative peri-apical infection both by culture and PCR.

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1999-11-01
2024-03-28
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