Partial spectrum of microorganisms found in dentures and possible disease implications

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 92-94

  Glass, R Thomas ^a   Bullard, James W ^b   Hadley, Chelsea S ^b   Mix, Eric W ^b   Conrad, Robert S ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Denture contamination; Denture stomatitis; Disease transmission; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DENTURE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMATITIS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DENTURES; FEMALE; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMATITIS;

EID: 0035257596     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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