Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease upper airway microbiota alpha diversity is associated with exacerbation phenotype: a case-control observational study

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease upper airway microbiota alpha diversity is associated with exacerbation phenotype: a case-control observational study

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) frequent exacerbators (FE) suffer increased morbidity and mortality compared to infrequent exacerbators (IE). The association between the oral and sputum microbiota and exacerbation phenotype is not well defined. The objective of this...

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Main Authors: Alexa A. Pragman, Katherine A. Knutson, Trevor J. Gould, Richard E. Isaacson, Cavan S. Reilly, Chris H. Wendt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Subjects:
Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive
RNA, ribosomal, 16S
Sputum
Microbiota
Streptococcus
Haemophilus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-019-1080-4

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