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Molecular detection of Treponema denticola and Porphyromonas gingivalisin carotid and aortic atheromatous plaques by FISH: report of two cases

1. Francesca Cavrini^1,5,
2. Vittorio Sambri¹,
3. Annette Moter²,
4. Dora Servidio³,
5. Antonella Marangoni¹,
6. Lucio Montebugnoli³,
7. Federico Foschi^1,3,
8. Carlo Prati³,
9. Roberto Di Bartolomeo⁴ and
10. Roberto Cevenini¹

1. ¹Section of Microbiology, DMCSS, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy ²Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Charitè Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany ³Department of Oral Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy ⁴Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Transplants, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy ⁵Centro Regionale di Riferimento per le Emergenze Microbiologiche, Bologna, Italy

1. Correspondence Vittorio Sambri vsambri@med.unibo.it

• Received 29 July 2004.
• Accepted 1 October 2004.

Abstract

Treponema denticola and Porphyromonas gingivalis have been identified in atheromatous plaques of two patients suffering from atherosclerosis by PCR and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The use of the FISH technique suggested that these periodontopathic micro-organisms might be metabolically active within the wall of arteries, under the atherosclerotic lesion.