T. forsythensis, C. rectus, P. gingivalis, and T. denticola were the predominant periodontopathic bacteria of aggressive periodontitis patients in Japan. Although A. actinomycetem- comitans was also detected in AgP patients, the prevalence of this bacterium was much lower than that of P. gingivalis.
High plaque retention seems to promote the colonization of periodontal pathogens in the oral cavities of children. T. forsythensis, P. intermedia and P. nigrescens were detected more frequently in the oral cavities of children whose parents already harbored these bacteria. Familial transmission of these bacteria is suggested.
Bacteroides forsythus is an important pathogen in periodontal diseases and has been associated with advanced and refractory periodontitis. The difficulties associated with culturing this species have meant that the distribution and pathogenic mechanisms of B. forsythus remain unclear. In this study, the arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) method was used to investigate the genotype distribution of B. forsythus in a Japanese periodontitis population, as well as the relationship between AP-PCR genotypes and periodontal status. B. forsythus reference strain, ATCC 43037T and 137 clinical bacterial isolates from 64 subjects were separated into 11 distinct AP-PCR genotypes using a single randomly-sequenced primer, 5'-CCGGCGGCG-3' (A-05). The majority (80.9%) of B. forsythus strains examined belonged to AP-PCR genotypes I, II, III and IV (accounting for 39.7%, 20.6%, 10.3% and 10.3%, respectively). Types I and III primarily consisted of isolates from chronic periodontitis subjects (80.8% and 85.7%, respectively), while Types II and IV consisted mainly of isolates from aggressive periodontitis subjects (85.7% and 100%, respectively). Except for three subjects who harbored two different B. forsythus genotypes in the oral cavity, all subjects only infected with one genotype intraindividually. These results demonstrate that the AP-PCR method is useful for genotypic analysis of B. forsythus. This species showed a genetic diversity among the investigated population. A clonal nature of B. forsythus infection is suggested. Furthermore, different AP-PCR genotypes of B. forsythus appear to be associated with different types of periodontitis.
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