DETECTION OF PERIODONTAL PATHOGENS INCLUDING BACTEROIDES FORSYTHUS, PORPHYROMONAS, GINGIVALIS, PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA AND PREVOTELLA NIGRESCENS

摘要

The present invention relates to probes and primers for the detection of periodontal pathogens such as Bacteroides forsythus, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens. As well, the invention relates to rapid and sensitive methods for the detection and identification of periodontal pathogens from an oral sample taken from a patient. Diagnostic kits for the detection and identification of periodontal pathogens in an oral sample from a patient, are also disclosed.