Association between pathogens from tracheal aspirate and oral biofilm of patients on mechanical ventilation

Abstract The aim of this study was to detect possible associations between respiratory pathogens from tracheal aspirate and oral biofilm samples in intubated patients in an intensive care unit (ICU), and to identify the most common respiratory pathogens in oral biofilm, particularly in patients that...

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Main Authors: Luana Carneiro Diniz SOUZA, Vanise Barros Rodrigues da MOTA, Alícia Valéria dos Santos Zaranza de CARVALHO, Rita da Graça Carvalhal Frazão CORRÊA, Silvana Amado LIBÉRIO, Fernanda Ferreira LOPES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2017-06-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242017000100239&lng=en&tlng=en