Table 4 Total anaerobic counts and counts of selected bacterial species (in logarithm, expressed as mean and standard deviation –sd) in localized, generalized and chronic periodontitis

Total counts

8.41

0.69

8.90

0.62

8.47

0.52

0.011

A. actinomycetemcomitans

2.62

2.99

3.32

2.62

0.81

1.47

0.019

P. gingivalis

3.93

2.81

5.37

2.35

3.52

3.01

0.030

P. intermedia/nigrescens

4.35

2.14

4.79

1.85

3.95

1.99

0.297

T. forsythia

2.11

2.79

3.81

2.88

2.44

2.61

0.084

P. micra

0.39

1.42

1.47

2.33

1.03

2.13

0.290

C. rectus

0.79

1.94

0.61

1.58

0.69

1.69

0.939

F. nucleatum

3.15

2.23

4.05

1.88

3.98

1.82

0.337

Capnocytophaga spp.

1.28

2.03

1.41

2.22

1.23

1.95

0.953

E. corrodens

1.60

2.16

1.09

2.19

0.94

1.71

0.655