Effectiveness of oral hygiene interventions against oral and oropharyngeal reservoirs of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic gram-negative bacilli

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Lam, Otto L T ^a   McGrath, Colman ^a   Li, Leonard S W ^b   Samaranayake, Lakshman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUNG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Mouth; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; BENZYDAMINE; BICARBONATE; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATED PATIENT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MOUTH; ORAL HYGIENE; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POVIDONE-IODINE;

EID: 84857793017     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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