Prevalence of Candida albicans and non-albicans on the tongue dorsa of elderly people living in a post-disaster area: a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: Candida species are normal commensal organisms of the mouth. However, they can cause oral mucosal and severe systemic infections in persons with reduced immune function, which is common in the very elderly. In post-disaster areas, the number of elderly residents rapidly increases due to...

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Autores principales: Sato, Toshiro, Kishi, Mitsuo, Suda, Miki, Sakata, Kiyomi, Shimoda, Haruki, Miura, Hiroyuki, Ogawa, Akira, Kobayashi, Seiichiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5288978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28148273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-017-0342-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5288978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28148273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-017-0342-0

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