Changes in the lung microbiome following lung transplantation include the emergence of two distinct Pseudomonas species with distinct clinical associations.

Multiple independent culture-based studies have identified the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in respiratory samples as a positive risk factor for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Yet, culture-independent microbiological techniques have identified a negative association between Pseudomon...

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Main Authors: Robert P Dickson, John R Erb-Downward, Christine M Freeman, Natalie Walker, Brittan S Scales, James M Beck, Fernando J Martinez, Jeffrey L Curtis, Vibha N Lama, Gary B Huffnagle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4022512?pdf=render