Oral shedding of human herpesviruses in patients undergoing radiotherapy/chemotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is not affected by xerostomia

Oral shedding of human herpesviruses in patients undergoing radiotherapy/chemotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is not affected by xerostomia

Background: Xerostomia is a very relevant and frequent complication of radiotherapy, causing the irradiated oral mucosa to be affected by bacterial, fungal and viral infections. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate a possible relationship between oral shedding of human herpesviruse...

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Main Authors: Michelle Palmieri, Mariana Ornaghi, Victor Adriano de Oliveira Martins, Luciana Correa, Thais Bianca Brandao, Ana Carolina do Prado Ribeiro, Laura Masami Sumita, Tania Regina Tozetto-Mendoza, Claudio Sergio Pannuti, Paulo Henrique Braz-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Oral Microbiology
Subjects:
human herpesviruses
radiotherapy
chemotherapy
squamous cell carcinoma
xerostomia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20002297.2018.1476643

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20002297.2018.1476643

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