Oral and tracheal microbiota of pediatric and adolescent patients in an intensive care unit.
Caroline Louise Sampaio PinheiroFernanda Pereira LimaFernanda Conceição MachadoSara de Souza SantosAllan Roberto Xavier MalheiroLedilce Almeida AtaídeAndreia Cristina Leal FigueiredoPublished in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2021)
The results indicate that PICU patients are susceptible to colonization by respiratory and opportunistic pathogens since the first hours of hospitalization.