Salivary Porphyromonas gingivalis predicts outcome in oral squamous cell carcinomas: a cohort study

• Main Authors: Qingli Chen (Author), Zhe Shao (Author), Ke Liu (Author), Xiaocheng Zhou (Author), Lin Wang (Author), Erhui Jiang (Author), Tingting Luo (Author), Zhengjun Shang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Studies suggest Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) increased the incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, fimA genotypes distribution of Pg, the origination of Pg in tissue, and its prognostic value are inconclusive. We aimed to investigate the frequency of fimA geno...