Clinical utility of oral management in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients: microbiological evidence based on molecular analysis of oral bacteria.
Jumpei KawajiriKokoro NagataAkiko NakamuraAtsushi FujiedaKazuko InoJouji NomuraNaoya AraiKohshi OhishiNaoyuki KatayamaKazunori NakasePublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2021)
Our study suggests that oral management could prevent bloodstream infections by oral bacteria in ASCT recipients despite the existence of periodontitis or oral mucositis. Its utility was confirmed by microbiological evidence based on molecular data.