Blasi, Andrea (2009) Characterization and serotype distribution of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans detected in a population of periodontitis patients in Spain. [Tesi di dottorato] (Unpublished)
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| Item Type: | Tesi di dottorato |
|---|---|
| Resource language: | English |
| Title: | Characterization and serotype distribution of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans detected in a population of periodontitis patients in Spain. |
| Creators: | Creators Email Blasi, Andrea UNSPECIFIED |
| Date: | 30 November 2009 |
| Number of Pages: | 42 |
| Institution: | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II |
| Department: | Scienze odontostomatologiche e maxillo-facciali |
| Scuola di dottorato: | Medicina clinica e sperimentale |
| Dottorato: | Scienze odontostomatologiche |
| Ciclo di dottorato: | 22 |
| Coordinatore del Corso di dottorato: | nome email Rengo, Sandro sanrengo@unina.it |
| Tutor: | nome email Matarasso, Sergio matarass@unina.it |
| Date: | 30 November 2009 |
| Number of Pages: | 42 |
| Keywords: | periodontitis, aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, spain, serotype, leukotoxin, cdt, pcr |
| Settori scientifico-disciplinari del MIUR: | Area 06 - Scienze mediche > MED/28 - Malattie odontostomatologiche |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2009 12:30 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2014 19:40 |
| URI: | http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/4239 |
| DOI: | 10.6092/UNINA/FEDOA/4239 |
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Objective: To investigate the serotype distribution of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A. a.) and the polymorphism of the genes that codify the leukotoxin (ltx) and the operon of the cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) in periodontitis patients in Spain. Materials and methods: Forty A. a.-positive periodontitis patients were included in the study (mean age 45±7.8 years, 62.5 % female) and their clinical periodontal status was assessed. On average, 1 to 2 isolates from each patient were subcultured and characterized by specific PCR reactions. Results: Serotype distribution analysis concludes that the most frequent serotype was a and that 29 patients showed monoinfection. The 11 patients that showed coinfection were infected mostly with serotypes a and b. From these 40 isolates 15 corresponded to serotype a, 8 to serotype b and 6 to serotype c. Monoinfection with serotypes d, e or f was not found. Further characterization of these samples with leukotoxin specific PCR reaction showed that none of the 40 samples presented the 530-bp deletion called Δ530 in the leukotoxin’s promoter region, which characterizes the JP2 strain. As for the Cdt, the operon that codifies for the toxin was present in 85 % of the samples. Conclusions: The most common serotypes were a and b. Serotype a was the most frequent in monoinfections, while serotypes d, e and f were not detected. In the majority of samples, operon that codifies the cdt (85%) and the genes responsible for the codification of leukotoxin (100%) were found. None of the isolates belonged to the JP2 strain.
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