Effects of oral wound on the neutrophil lineage in murine bone-marrow: Modulation mechanism hindered by chlorhexidine

•Oral wound leads to increased neutrophilia and decreasedneutropoietic potential.•Washing the oral cavity with chlorhexidine abolished the bone-marrow neutrophilia.•Matched treatment is important to reduce neutrophilia.•Endogenous Glucocorticoids aren’t involved in this model.