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Observations on the Implantation and Transmission of Streptococcus mutans in Humans

H.V. Jordan, Harold R. Englander, William O. Engler, Sandra Kulczyk

Journal of Dental Research · 1972 · 68 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

One parent from each of 26 families was reinfected with a strain of Streptococcus mutans that was isolated from his mouth and made resistant to streptomycin. The person-to-person spread of S mutans in their families was studied. No uniform spread of the organisms occurred.

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B Krasse, H.V. Jordan, S. Edwardsson et al. · Archives of Oral Biology · 1968 · 159 citations

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