Question 37 · LDEK · Dental plaque and calculus
Leukotoxin is produced by:
- A. Porphyromonas gingivalis.
- B. Tannerella forsythia.
- C. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.
- D. Treponema denticola.
- E. all the above.
Hint
The toxin belongs to the RTX family and is linked to the JP2 clone and rapidly progressing periodontitis in young people.
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