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The role of oral microbial colonization in ventilator-associated pneumonia
Brennan MT, Bahrani-Mougeot F, Fox PC, Kennedy TP, Hopkins S, Boucher RC, Lockhart PB.  The role of oral microbial colonization in ventilator-associated pneumonia.  Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, Endodontology.  2004;98(6):665-672.

This article discusses the association between prior microbial colonization of the oral cavity and the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit.



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