| black-pigmented bacteroides species and actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in subgingival plaque of adult kenyans. | a microbiological study was performed of the subgingival plaque on 2 sites in each of 20 adults originating from a rural area 40 km outside nairobi, kenya. the recovery rate of b. gingivalis was 70%, of b. intermedius 100% and of a. actinomycetemcomitans 40% of the subjects, and 50%, 90% and 28%, respectively, of the sites. the isolated strains exhibited similar biochemical characteristics and antibiotic susceptibility pattern as type strains of these species. the high recovery rate of these 3 b ... | 1989 | 2656770 |