Identification of Periopathogens in Atheromatous Plaques Obtained from Carotid and Coronary Arteries

Table 1

Bacteria primer sequences used in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection.

Periopathogens	Product size
Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.g.); CAA TAC TCG TAT CGC CCG TTA TTC	400 bp
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A.a.); CAC TTA AAG GTC CGC CTA CGT GC	600 bp
Tannerella forsythia (T.f.); GTA GAG CTT ACA CTA TAT CGC AAA CTC CTA	840 bp
Treponema denticola (T.d.); TAA TAC CGA ATG TGC TCA TTT ACA T TCA AAG AAG CAT TCC	316 bp
Prevotella intermedia (P.i.); GTT GCG TGC ACT CAA GTC CGC C	660 bp