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Pathogenic Colonization of Oral Flora in Frail Elderly Patients Fed by Nasogastric Tube or Percutaneous Enterogastric Tube

2003; Oxford University Press; Volume: 58; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/gerona/58.1.m52

1758-535X

Arthur Leibovitz, Galina Plotnikov, Beni Habot, Mel Rosenberg, Rephael Segal,

Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Background. Aspiration of infected oropharyngeal content is the main cause of aspiration pneumonia. This complication, mainly related to gram-negative bacteria, threatens percutaneous enterogastric tube as well as nasogastric tube (NGT) fed patients. The objective of this study was to examine the oral microbiota of tuboenterally fed patients and compare it with that of orally fed counterparts.