Oral biofilms, periodontitis and pulmonary infections

Oral Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 513-514

  Brown, J S ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG INFECTION; MOUTH HYGIENE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NOTE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BIOFILMS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; PERIODONTITIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 35348935506     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2007.01410b.x     Document Type: Note

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