brachy and E. timidum are raised in patients with periodontal disease compared with healthy controls. Studies of the genus are hampered by the poor and slow growth of the majority of species and the indifferent taxonomy of the group. It is estimated that there are at least 20 un-named ...
brachy from a pleuropulmonary infection, these species have not been reported from other infected body sites. We report on the isolation of these species and an undescribed group (D-6) of asaccharolytic eubacteria also found in periodontal disease from numerous different sites of infection, ...
Three to four years following successful periodontal therapy, reactivity was not significantly altered In any patient group (P > .05). The possible significance of these findings and the importance of an extracellular antigen of E. brachy In the Immuuopathology of periodontal diseases are discussed...