The oral microbiota of children undergoing liver transplantation

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-210

  Sheehy, E C ^a,d   Beighton, D ^a   Roberts, G J ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterococci; Liv er transplantation; Staphylococci; Viridans streptococci; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CANDIDA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOUTH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034113470     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2000.150309.x     Document Type: Article

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