Prevalence of potential respiratory pathogens in the mouths of elderly patients and effects of professional oral care

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-55

  Abe, Shu ^a   Ishihara, Kazuyuki ^a   Okuda, Katsuji ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Oral care; Respiratory pathogens

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROORGANISM; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; SAMPLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035092264     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(00)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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