Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6059785 Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology 2011 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
Findings demonstrated that bacterial and viral DNA occurred concomitantly in two-thirds of the samples from endodontic abscesses. Although this may suggest a role for viruses in the etiology of apical abscesses, the possibility also exists that the presence of viruses in abscess samples is merely a consequence of the bacterially induced disease process. Further studies are necessary to clarify the role of these viral-bacterial interactions, if any, in the pathogenesis of acute apical abscesses.
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