Febrile neutropenia and periodontitis: Lessons from a case periodontal treatment in the intervals between chemotherapy cycles for leukemia reduced febrile neutropenia

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-587

  Soga, Yoshihiko ^a,b   Yamasuji, Yoshiko ^a   Kudo, Chieko ^a   Matsuura Yoshimoto, Kaori ^a   Yamabe, Kokoro ^a   Sugiura, Yuko ^a   Maeda, Yoshinobu ^a   Ishimaru, Fumihiko ^a,c   Tanimoto, Mitsune ^a   Nishimura, Fusanori ^a,d   Takashiba, Shogo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Okayama Red Cross Blood Center   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Febrile neutropenia; Leukemia; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; BUSULFAN; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; MITOXANTRONE; PERIOCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CURETTAGE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GINGIVITIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERIODONTITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEVER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; PERIODONTITIS;

EID: 64449087741     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0532-z     Document Type: Article

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