Oral microbial dysbiosis in patients with Kostmann syndrome.

CONCLUSIONS: The evidence of lower bacterial diversity and differences in microbial profile for patients with Kostmann syndrome not only shows the impact of immune system-related diseases on oral microbiota, but also endorses the ecological plaque hypothesis proposed for the aetiology of oral diseases such as dental caries and periodontitis. PMID: 30875283 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30875283?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - March 14, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Topcuoglu N, Erdem AP, Karacan I, Kulekci G Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research