Incidence of oral indigenous bacteria in causative strains isolated from blood cultures in 759 laboratory-confirmed cases of bacteremia

Background: The incidence of oral indigenous bacteria in cases of bacteremia has been reported in only a few studies. We investigated the annual incidence of oral indigenous bacteria isolated in blood cultures from patients with bacteremia and call into consideration the impact of oral health measur...

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Main Authors: Shinya Yura, Sadaya Matano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: HBKU Press 2012-05-01
Series:QScience Connect
Online Access:http://www.qscience.com/doi/pdf/10.5339/connect.2012.5