Gastric microbiota in elderly patients fed via nasogastric tubes for prolonged periods

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Segal, R ^a   Pogoreliuk, I ^a   Dan, M ^b   Baumoehl, Y ^a   Leibovitz, A ^a  

^a Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gastric flora; Nasogastric feeding

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFLORA; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOSE FEEDING; OROPHARYNX; PH MEASUREMENT; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH PH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; GERIATRICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION;

EID: 33745025753     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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