Ventilator-associated pneumonia in institutionalized elders: Are teeth a reservoir for respiratory pathogens?

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Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1401-1403

  Pesola, Gene R ^a,b  

^a Harlem Hospital/Columbia University ^*

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDITORIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TOOTH PLAQUE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 8744244361     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.5.1401     Document Type: Editorial

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