Microfloral characterization of the tongue coating and associated risk for pneumonia-related health problems in institutionalized older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1050-1057

  Takeshita, Toru ^a   Tomioka, Mikiko ^a   Shimazaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Matsuyama, Miwa ^a   Koyano, Kiyoshi ^a   Matsuda, Koichi ^b   Yamashita, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsuda Dental Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Febrile day; Microflora; Pneumonia; Tongue coating

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONGUE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TONGUE;

EID: 77953100430     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02867.x     Document Type: Article

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