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1. The use of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in infectious oral lesions of patients with leukemia under antineoplastic treatment: Two case reports

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Thuanny Silva de Macêdo, Maria Cecília Freire de Melo, Gustavo Pina Godoy, Millena Mirella Silva de Araújo, Mônica Moreira Dias da Cruz, Fabiana Menezes Teixeira de Carvalho, Julianelly Alves Biserra, and Arnaldo de França Caldas Júnior

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Mouth, Leukemia, Photosensitizing Agents, Adolescent, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Biophysics, Cancer, Photodynamic therapy, Antineoplastic Agents, Dermatology, Oral cavity, medicine.disease, Antimicrobial, Oncology, Photochemotherapy, Adjuvant therapy, Medicine, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), business
Abstract

Opportunistic infections in oral cavity can cause serious complications in immunocompromised cancer patients, being quick and efficient treatments options essential. This article proposes to report two clinical cases of adolescent patients diagnosed with leukemia and who presented infectious conditions in the oral cavity, in which antimicrobial photodynamic therapy was used as a adjuvant therapy to abbreviate the course of oral lesions.

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2020

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