Denture contamination by yeasts in the elderly

Gerodontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-228

  Vanden Abbeele, Astrid ^a   De Meel, Hèlène ^a   Ahariz, Mohamed ^a   Perraudin, Jean Paul ^b   Beyer, Ingo ^a   Courtois, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Biopole   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Candida; Dentures; Hygiene; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLASSIFICATION; DENTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PALATE; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTURE, COMPLETE, UPPER; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL HYGIENE; PALATE; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449442083     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2007.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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