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Viridans streptococci isolated in apparently pure culture from periapical dental abscess have been examined. It has been found that each abscesses is associated with only one type of a given species of Streptococcus. The distribution of types of Strep. mitis found in abscesses differed from the distribution in healthy mouths, but no particular type occurred significantly more often in abscesses than in mouths.
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Es wurden aus periapikalen Zahnabszessen offensichtlich in Reinkultur isolierte Viridans-Streptokokken untersucht. Den Befunden zufolge steht jeder Abszeß jeweils nur mit einem Typus einer gegebenen Streptokokkenspezies in Verbindung. Die Verbreitung der in Abszessen vorgefundenen Typen von Str. mitis unterschied sich von der Verbreitung in gesunden Mundhöhlen, doch trat kein bestimmter Typ in Abszessen signifikant häufiger auf als in Mundhöhlen.
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Wickremesinghe, R., Russell, C. Viridans streptococci associated with periapical dental abscesses. Infection 4, 196–203 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01638924
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