Factors predisposing to oropharyngeal colonization with gram-negative bacilli in the aged
Valenti WM;Trudell RG;Bentley DW;;
The New England journal of medicine1978Vol. 298pp. -
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Abstract
To assess the factors responsible for oropharyngeal colonization with gram-negative bacilli among elderly persons in institutions, we performed a cross-sectional survey of 407 volunteers, 65 years of age and older, who had not received antimicrobials in the previous four weeks. Colonization increase …