The microbial flora associated with oral carcinomas

Quintessence International

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages e118-e123

  Byakodi, Raghavendra ^b   Krishnappa, R ^a   Keluskar, Vaishali ^c   Bagewadi, Anjana ^c   Shetti, Arvind ^c  

^a Dental College and Hospital ^*

^b Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Dental College and Hospital   (India)

^c KLE VK INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cancer; Microbial flora; Oral carcinoma; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL SPORE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CITROBACTER; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALIVA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITROBACTER; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALIVA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84857406088     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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