title: Microbial pathogenicity in oral soft tissue diseases.
abstract: Recent work implicating microbial factors in the pathogenesis of several oral soft tissue diseases is discussed. These conditions include recurrent aphthous ulceration, oral cancer, Sjogren's syndrome, and the oral lesions of AIDS (the acquired immune deficiency syndrome). This paper reviews some recent work on these topics, with emphasis on investigations in our laboratory.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D009858:Oncogenic Viruses; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014780:Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral