Streptococcal bacteremia in patients submitted to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: The role of tooth brushing and use of chlorhexidine

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Antunes, Héliton Spíndola ^a,b   De Sa Ferreira, Elza Maria ^b   De Faria, Lúcia Maria Dias ^a   Schirmer, Marcelo ^a   Rodrigues, Pedro Carvalho ^a   Small, Isabele Ávila ^a   Colares, Marta ^a   Bouzas, Luis Fernando Da Silva ^a   Ferreira, Carlos Gil ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b Inst Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Chlorhexidine; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Oral hygiene

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; MOUTHWASH;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PROPHYLAXIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOOTH BRUSHING; ADOLESCENT; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CHLORHEXIDINE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTHWASHES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOOTHBRUSHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749298268     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.15.e303     Document Type: Article

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