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Bacterial diversity in oral samples of children in niger with acute noma, acute necrotizing gingivitis, and healthy controls |
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Published in | PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2012, vol. 6, no. 3, e1556 | |
Abstract | Noma is a gangrenous disease that leads to severe disfigurement of the face with high morbidity and mortality, but its etiology remains unknown. Young children in developing countries are almost exclusively affected. The purpose of the study was to record and compare bacterial diversity in oral samples from children with or without acute noma or acute necrotizing gingivitis from a defined geographical region in Niger by culture-independent molecular methods. | |
Keywords | Bacteria/classification/genetics — Biota — Child — Child, Preschool — Cluster Analysis — DNA, Bacterial/chemistry/genetics — DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry/genetics — Female — Gingivitis/microbiology — Humans — Male — Molecular Sequence Data — Mouth/microbiology — Niger — Noma/microbiology — Phylogeny — RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics — Sequence Analysis, DNA | |
Identifiers | PMID: 22413030 | |
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Research groups | Groupe Mombelli Andréa (médecine dentaire) (242) Groupe Pittet Cuenod Brigitte (chirurgie plastique et reconstructive) (96) Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330) | |
Citation (ISO format) | BOLIVAR, Ignacio et al. Bacterial diversity in oral samples of children in niger with acute noma, acute necrotizing gingivitis, and healthy controls. In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2012, vol. 6, n° 3, p. e1556. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001556 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:27463 |