Enterobacteriaceae and pseudomonadaceae on the dorsum of the human tongue

• Main Authors: Simone Conti (Author), Silvana Soléo Ferreira dos Santos (Author), Cristiane Yumi Koga-Ito (Author), Antonio Olavo Cardoso Jorge (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to correlate the presence of Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Moraxellaceae and Xanthomonadaceae on the posterior dorsum of the human tongue with the presence of tongue coating, gender, age, smoking habit and denture use. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Bacteria were...