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Bronchoscopic assessment of airway retention time of aerosolized xylitol
BACKGROUND: Human airway surface liquid (ASL) has abundant antimicrobial peptides whose potency increases as the salt concentration decreases. Xylitol is a 5-carbon sugar that has the ability to lower ASL salt concentration, potentially enhancing innate immunity. Xylitol was detected for 8 hours in...
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BioMed Central
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1386668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16483382 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-7-27 |