Necessity of surgical dental foci treatment prior to organ transplantation and heart valve replacement

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-174

  Rustemeyer, Jan ^a   Bremerich, Andreas ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BREMEN MITTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria emia; Heart valve replacement; Oral surgery; Organ transplant; Septic focus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOOTH INFECTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 34249668870     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-007-0101-8     Document Type: Article

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