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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Microbiome |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-019-0679-5 |