Chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis is associated with detrimental bacterial dysbiosis

Abstract Background Gastrointestinal mucosal injury (mucositis), commonly affecting the oral cavity, is a clinically significant yet incompletely understood complication of cancer chemotherapy. Although antineoplastic cytotoxicity constitutes the primary injury trigger, the interaction of oral micro...

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Main Authors: Bo-Young Hong, Takanori Sobue, Linda Choquette, Amanda K. Dupuy, Angela Thompson, Joseph A. Burleson, Andrew L. Salner, Peter K. Schauer, Pujan Joshi, Evan Fox, Dong-Guk Shin, George M. Weinstock, Linda D. Strausbaugh, Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou, Douglas E. Peterson, Patricia I. Diaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-019-0679-5