Characterization of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans strains in periodontitis patients in Germany.

  • Holger Jentsch
  • Georg Cachovan
  • Arndt Guentsch
  • Peter Eickholz
  • Wolfgang Pfister
  • Sigrun Eick

Abstract

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans strains of serotype b and with a deletion of 530 bp in the promoter region of the leukotoxin gene (JP2 clone) are known to be associated with severe periodontitis. Our study was aimed to detect virulence genes of A. actinomycetemcomitans strains obtained from patients living in four German cities with different proportions of immigrants.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number6
ISSN1432-6981
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22246112