Journal of Endodontics
Volume 30, Issue 12 , Pages 851-854 , December 2004

Simultaneous Detection of Dialister pneumosintes and Filifactor alocis in Endodontic Infections by 16S rDNA-directed Multiplex PCR

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 Supported in part by grants from CNPq, a Brazilian Governmental Institution.Address requests for reprints to Dr. José F. Siqueira Jr., R. Herotides de Oliveira 61/601, Icaraí, Niterói, RJ, Brazil 24230-230. e-mail: siqueira@estacio.br

PII: S0099-2399(05)60060-X

doi: 10.1097/01.DON.0000132300.13023.5D

Journal of Endodontics
Volume 30, Issue 12 , Pages 851-854 , December 2004

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