[Tuberculous periodontitis].
Peridental foci of infection (PFI) in periodontitis in 113 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were evaluated clinico-morphologically with regard to mycobacterial populations. Vegetation in PFI of bacterial, bacterial and L-form M. tuberculosis (37.2%) was associated with clinically inapparent periodontitis symptoms, formation of large and middle-size PFI with destruction and foci of productive tuberculous inflammation. Persistent L-forms of M. tuberculosis (59.3%) brought out a symptomless periodontitis with small and middle-size PFI, manifest immune or minor tuberculous inflammation, reparative processes. The findings suggest that PFI in tuberculous patients' periodontitis is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Avdonina
L I
LI
Gedymin
L E
LE
Erokhin
V V
VV
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014393:Tuberculosis, Oral / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*
Tuberkulëznyĭ periodontit.