Smoking, season, and detection of chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in clinically stable COPD patients

BACKGROUND: The prevalence and role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remain unclear. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained from 100 outpatients with smoking-related, clinically stable COPD, and induced sputum was obtained in 62 patients. RES...

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Autores principales: Smieja, Marek, Leigh, Richard, Petrich, Astrid, Chong, Sylvia, Kamada, Dennis, Hargreave, Frederick E, Goldsmith, Charles H, Chernesky, Max, Mahony, James B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC117240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12098361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-2-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC117240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12098361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-2-12

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