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Impact of tooth brushing on oral bacteriota and health care-associated infections among ventilated COVID-19 patients: an intervention study

BACKGROUND: Up to 48% of ventilated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients develop ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) during hospitalization in an ICU. Dysbiotic oral microbiota can colonize the lower respiratory tract and lead to VAP. It is recommended to introduce oral care strategies in...

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Autores principales: Gregorczyk-Maga, Iwona, Pałka, Anna, Fiema, Mateusz, Kania, Michal, Kujawska, Anna, Maga, Paweł, Jachowicz-Matczak, Estera, Romaniszyn, Dorota, Chmielarczyk, Agnieszka, Żółtowska, Barbara, Wójkowska-Mach, Jadwiga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9992909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36890608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01218-y