Relationship between oral health and prognosis in patients with empyema: Single center retrospective study with propensity score matching analysis.

Relationship between oral health and prognosis in patients with empyema: Single center retrospective study with propensity score matching analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Empyema is a life-threatening infection often caused by oral microbiota. To the best of our knowledge, no reports have investigated the association between the objective assessment of oral health and prognosis in patients with empyema.<h4>Materials and methods<...

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Main Authors: Eiji Iwata, Teruaki Nishiuma, Suya Hori, Keiko Sugiura, Masato Taki, Shuntaro Tokunaga, Junya Kusumoto, Takumi Hasegawa, Akira Tachibana, Masaya Akashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282191

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282191

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