Salivary shedding of herpesviruses in renal transplant recipients.
Dmitry José de Santana SarmentoRubens CalientoAmabile Oliveira de SouzaTânia Regina Tozetto-MendozaMichelle PalmieriVictor Adriano de Oliveira MartinsPaulo Henrique Braz-SilvaMarina GallottiniPublished in: Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry (2018)
Renal transplant recipients excreted herpesviruses more often than control individuals, especially HSV-1. Decreased salivary flow and xerostomia were more frequent in patients who used tacrolimus, whereas those who used cyclosporine had more cases of DIGO.
Keyphrases