Staphylococci may indeed cause acute dental infections

EDITOR-In their letter Ribeiro and Cousin contend the likelihood of a causal relation between the development of an epidural abscess after root canal treatment and the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus in the report by O'Rourke et al. 1 2 We disagree and support the original proposal of O'...

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