A comparison of sensitivities of the conventional and the real-time polymerase chain reaction methods for detection of Treponema denticola in periapical abscesses.
Ozbek
Ahmet
A
Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Medical School, Ataturk University, TR-25100, Erzurum, Turkey. aozbek@atauni.edu.tr
Ozbek
Selcuk M
SM
Ozbek
Elvan
E
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D048373:Treponema denticola / Q000302:isolation & purification*