Associations of streptococci and fungi amounts in the oral cavity with nutritional and oral health status in institutionalized elders: a cross sectional study

• Main Authors: Hanako Sato (Author), Akira Yano (Author), Yu Shimoyama (Author), Toshiro Sato (Author), Yukiko Sugiyama (Author), Mitsuo Kishi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Disruption of the indigenous microbiota is likely related to frailty caused by undernutrition. However, the relationship between undernutrition and the oral microbiota, especially normal bacteria, is not obvious. The aim of this study was to elucidate the associations of nutritio...