High prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from oropharyngeal biofilm in patients with cerebrovascular infarction and dysphagia

Chest. 2010 Jul;138(1):237-8. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-0240.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biofilms / growth & development*
  • Cerebral Infarction / complications*
  • Deglutition Disorders / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oropharynx / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / microbiology
  • Prevalence
  • Pseudomonas Infections / epidemiology*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / growth & development
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification*