The Sputum Microbiome in Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Its Association With Disease Manifestations: A Cross-Sectional Study

The Sputum Microbiome in Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Its Association With Disease Manifestations: A Cross-Sectional Study

Each day, approximately 27,000 people become ill with tuberculosis (TB), and 4,000 die from this disease. Pulmonary TB is the main clinical form of TB, and affects the lungs with a considerably heterogeneous manifestation among patients. Immunomodulation by an interplay of host-, environment-, and p...

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Main Authors: Monica R. Ticlla, Jerry Hella, Hellen Hiza, Mohamed Sasamalo, Francis Mhimbira, Liliana K. Rutaihwa, Sara Droz, Sarah Schaller, Klaus Reither, Markus Hilty, Inaki Comas, Christian Beisel, Christoph D. Schmid, Lukas Fenner, Sebastien Gagneux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
tuberculosis
airway microbiome
sputum
clinical phenotype
chest X-ray
BMI
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.633396/full

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