Periodontal infection in cancer patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 466-473

  Raber Durlacher, Judith E ^a,f   Epstein, Joel B ^b,c,d   Raber, John ^e   Van Dissel, Jaap T ^g   Van Winkelhoff, Arie Jan ^f   Guiot, Harry F L ^g   Van der Velden, Ubele ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Periodontal Clinic The Hague   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Febrile neutropenia; Oral care; Periodontal infection; Subgingival microflora

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEUTROPENIA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PERIODONTITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036943646     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0346-3     Document Type: Review

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