title: [Mixed infection: specific canal aspects].
abstract: The fundamental feature of the bacteriologic flora that causes endodontic lesions is its mixed nature. It has been demonstrated that a mixed flora can more easily give rise to both acute and chronic inflammatory reactions. The coexistence of different families of bacteria within the same environment is based upon a very delicate balance given by the interplay of the various mechanisms of bacterial relationships: mutualism (symbiosis and commensalism), antagonism and synergism. The metabolic needs (nutritive and respiratory) of the different types of bacteria which cause endodontic infections are so specific that these organisms are strictly dependent on each other for their own survival in the radicular canal system and for their pathogenicity.
authors: Università degli Studi di Parma.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Accorsi
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Lavagnoli
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Frigeri
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Fiamminghi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D003788:Dental Pulp Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D011817:Rabbits; D015163:Superinfection; D013559:Symbiosis
vernacular_title: L'infezione mista: aspetti specifici a livello canalare.