Roles of Oral Bacteria in Cardiovascular Diseases - From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Cases: Cell-Surface Structures of Novel Serotype k Streptococcus mutans Strains and Their Correlation to Virulence

• Hauptverfasser: Kazuhiko Nakano (Verfasst von), Ryota Nomura (Verfasst von), Michiyo Matsumoto (Verfasst von), Takashi Ooshima (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Elsevier, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Streptococcus mutans is generally known as a pathogen of dental caries, and it is also considered to cause bacteremia and infective endocarditis (IE). S. mutans was previously classified into 3 serotypes, c, e, and f, due to the different chemical compositions of the serotype-specific polysaccharide...