Molecular identification of an invasive gingival bacterial community.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A woman with neutropenia developed gingival hyperplasia. Biopsy showed invasion of gingival tissue with mats of filamentous organisms, and molecular analysis by polymerase chain reaction and fluorescence in situ hybridization revealed Capnocytophaga sputigena, Leptotrichia species, and Fusobacterium nucleatum. Oral bacterial flora may cause invasive gingival disease with hyperplasia in immunocompromised patients.
Medical subject headings
- Capnocytophaga
- Fusobacterium nucleatum
- Gingiva
- Gingival Hyperplasia
- Leptotrichia
- Polymerase Chain Reaction