Comparison of the upper and lower airway microbiota in children with chronic lung diseases.

Comparison of the upper and lower airway microbiota in children with chronic lung diseases.

RATIONALE:The lower airway microbiota is important in normal immunological development and chronic lung diseases (CLDs). Young children cannot expectorate and because of the uncertainty whether upper airway samples reflect the lower airway microbiota, there have been few longitudinal paediatric stud...

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Main Authors: Bushra Ahmed, Michael J Cox, Leah Cuthbertson, Phillip L James, William O C Cookson, Jane C Davies, Miriam F Moffatt, Andrew Bush
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6071972?pdf=render

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