Recovery of Enterococcus faecalis from cheese in the oral cavity of healthy subjects

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 248-251

  Razavi, A ^a   Gmur R ^a   Imfeld, T ^a   Zehnder, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colonization; Enterococcus; Food; Oral cavity; Root canal treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; STANDARD; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ADULT; CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 34248340677     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2006.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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