Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae‐DNA within Diseased Gingiva by in Situ Hybridization Using a Biotin‐Labeled Probe
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Periodontology
- Vol. 59 (2) , 121-123
- https://doi.org/10.1902/jop.1988.59.2.121
Abstract
Isolation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae was accomplished in gingival biopsies of four patients exhibiting chronic inflammatory periodontal disease using in situ hybridization with biotin‐labeled DNA probes. The distribution of the M. pneumoniae organisms was mainly cytoplasmic and evenly spread around the nuclei of connective tissue cells. Controls of nondisease sites in the same patients showed no infection with M. pneumoniae. Since M. pneumoniae is the only Mycoplasma known to be pathogenic, their role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease needs further study.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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