Table 2.
Bacterial species associated with signs and symptoms of acute endodontic infections
| Species | Signs and symptoms | Method | Study author(s) (reference) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirochetes | Pain, purulent exudate | Microscopy | Miller (119) |
| Prevotella intermedia, Porphyromonas endodontalis | Pain | Culture | Sundqvist (99) |
| Prevotella spp., Porphyromonas spp. | Pain | Culture | Griffee et al. (231) |
| Prevotella spp., Porphyromonas endodontalis | Pain | Culture | Sundqvist et al. (42) |
| Porphyromonas endodontalis, Porphyromonas gingivalis | Pain | Culture | Haapasalo et al. (100) |
| Finegoldia magna | Pain | Culture | Yoshida et al. (232) |
| Peptostreptococcus spp., Eubacterium spp., Porphyromonas spp. | Pain | Culture | Hashioka et al. (233) |
| Parvimonas micra, Prevotella spp. | Pain, swelling | Culture | Gomes et al. (234) |
| Fusobacterium necrophorum, Prevotella loescheii, Streptococcus constellatus | Purulent exudate | Culture | Gomes et al. (235) |
| Streptococcus spp. | Pain | PCR | Fouad et al. (150) |
| Streptococcus constellatus | Pain, swelling, purulent exudate | Checkerboard | Siqueira et al. (236) |
| Prevotella loescheii, Peptostreptococcus spp., Anaerococcus prevotii | Pain | Culture | Jacinto et al. (207) |
| Bifidobacterium spp., Actinomyces spp., Streptococcus constellatus | Tenderness to percussion | Culture | Jacinto et al. (207) |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | Swelling | Culture | Jacinto et al. (207) |
| Parvimonas micra, Prevotella intermedia/nigrescens, Eubacterium spp. | Pain | Culture | Gomes et al. (237) |
| Porphyromonas spp., Fusobacterium spp., Peptostreptococcus spp. | Tenderness to percussion, purulent exudate | Culture | Gomes et al. (237) |
| Porphyromonas spp., Peptostreptococcus spp., Enterococcus spp. | Swelling | Culture | Gomes et al. (237) |
| Treponema denticola | Pain | PCR | Foschi et al. (238) |
| Filifactor alocis | Pain, swelling, purulent exudate | PCR | Gomes et al. (78) |
| Tannerella forsythia | Tenderness to percussion, purulent exudate | PCR | Gomes et al. (78) |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella intermedia, Dialister pneumosintes, Prevotella clone E9_42, Prevotella baroniae, Eubacterium clone BP1-89, Lachnospiraceae clone MCE7_60 | Pain, swelling, purulent exudate | PCR, cloning, and sequencing | Sakamoto et al. (83) |
| Tannerella forsythia | Pain | Checkerboard | Sassone et al. (188) |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | Pain, swelling, purulent exudate | PCR | Siqueira et al. (113) |
| Selenomonas sputigena | Pain | Checkerboard | Rôças et al. (187) |
| Fusobacterium spp., Parvimonas spp., Atopobium spp., Dialister spp., Porphyromonas spp., Prevotella spp. | Pain, swelling, purulent exudate | Pyrosequencing | Santos et al. (91) |