Research Article
Association between Oral Pathology, Carotid Stenosis, and Oral Bacterial DNA in Cerebral Thrombi of Patients with Stroke
Figure 2
-fold value of total bacterial () and oral streptococcal () DNA between the thrombus and arterial blood from the same patient and the relationship with combined dental pathology sum. (a) Normal to slight pathology (). (b) Moderate pathology (). (c) Severe pathology ().