Oral opportunistic infections in institutionalized patients with motor and intellectual disabilities
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Oral opportunistic infections in institutionalized patients with motor and intellectual disabilities.
To establish a basic strategy for prevention of aspiration pneumonia in patients with motor and intellectual disabilities, we investigated oral opportunistic pathogen (OOP) infections in 31 such patients who were resident at a welfare home. Patients received special oral care from a dental hygienist once a week. OOP samples were collected by scraping the dorsal surface of the tongue, and then c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Oral Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1343-4934,1880-4926
DOI: 10.2334/josnusd.56.85