A survey of dental care protocols among US organ transplant centers

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-18

  Guggenheimer, James ^a   Mayher, Debra ^b   Eghtesad, Bijan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Immunosuppression; Oral examination; Oral health; Organ transplantation; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENTAL CARE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPSIS; TOOTH INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13644270939     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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