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MeSH Heading: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Tree Number(s): B03.440.450.600.224.500; B03.660.250.550.170.500
Unique ID: D016976
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016976
Annotation: infection: coordinate with PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTIONS
Scope Note: A species of Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic spherical or rod-shaped bacteria indigenous to dental surfaces. It is associated with PERIODONTITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; and ACTINOMYCOSIS.
Entry Term(s): Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Bacterium acetinomycetum comitans; Bacterium comitans; Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans; Haemophilus actinomyceticomitans
Registry Numbers: txid714
Previous Indexing: Actinobacillus (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 2014(1992)
History Note: 2014(1992)
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/30
Revision Date: 2020/03/17

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