It is not a health condition on its own but a symptom of several diseases, including bacterial and viral infections, Kawasaki ...

Background The effects of tongue cleaning on reconstruction of bacterial flora in dental plaque and tongue coating itself are obscure. We assessed changes in the amounts of total bacteria as well ...

including infection with Helicobacter pylori bacteria and autoimmune issues. Of all the causes of gastritis, H. pylori is ...

Also, the amounts of total bacteria on days 3 and 10 as ratios to the baseline were compared between the groups with and without tongue cleaning using a Wilcoxon test. Statistical analyses were ...