在口腔微生物群中丰富的致病细菌可能与老年人的复发性肺部感染有关

Jingyi Xu1,2, Ruyi Qu1, Keke Yang1

  • 1Department of Geriatrics, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, 200434, China.

概括

老年人的肺部感染与口腔和肠道细菌的变化有关. 复发性肺炎在口腔中显示出较高的金黄色葡萄球菌和Klebsiella肺炎,影响感染风险.

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