Effect of leaving chronic oral foci untreated on infectious complications during intensive chemotherapy.

Br J Cancer · 2016 · PMC4984907 · PMID 27002936

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a strong trendP =0.066so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Suggestions for additional research Future prospective studies with larger patient groups are needed, to see if leaving chronic oral foci untreated may lead to a significantly longer duration of fever and neutropenia, as our results showed a strong trend when comparing duration of neutropenia ( P =0.066) and fever ( P =0.059) in patients with and without chronic oral foci of infection.

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