Relationships between periodontal disease and bacterial pneumonia

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 67, Issue 10 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 1114-1122

  Scannapieco, Frank A ^a   Mylotte, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b School of Medicine

Author keywords

Dental plaque microbiology; Periodontal diseases microbiology; Pneumonia, bacterial etiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG ABSCESS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; OROPHARYNX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG ABSCESS; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HYGIENE; OROPHARYNX; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030254391     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1996.67.10s.1114     Document Type: Article

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