The efficacy of chlorhexidine gluconate in reducing ventilator-associated pheumonia
Respiratory assistance devices bypass essential host defenses and allow these pathogens direct access to the lower respiratory tract and hinder these defense systems to effectively clear respiratory pathogens (1). Mechanical ventilation in the presence of dental plaque with respiratory pathogens has...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/16004 |