Biology:Prevotella intermedia
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Short description: Species of bacterium
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Prevotella intermedia (formerly Bacteroides intermedius) is a gram-negative, obligate anaerobic pathogenic bacterium involved in periodontal infections, including gingivitis and periodontitis, and often found in acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. It is commonly isolated from dental abscesses, where obligate anaerobes predominate. P. intermedia is thought to be more prevalent in patients with noma. [1]
P. intermedia use steroid hormones as growth factors, so their numbers are higher in pregnant women.[citation needed] It has also been isolated from women with bacterial vaginosis.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Prevotella intermedia". Los Alamos National Laboratory. http://www.oralgen.lanl.gov/oralgen/bacteria/pintnew/.
- ↑ "Anaerobes and bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy: virulence factors contributing to vaginal colonisation". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11 (7): 6979–7000. July 2014. doi:10.3390/ijerph110706979. PMID 25014248.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2022791 entry
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