Disordered Microbial Communities in Asthmatic Airways

BACKGROUND: A rich microbial environment in infancy protects against asthma [1], [2] and infections precipitate asthma exacerbations [3]. We compared the airway microbiota at three levels in adult patients with asthma, the related condition of COPD, and controls. We also studied bronchial lavage fro...

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Autores principales: Hilty, Markus, Burke, Conor, Pedro, Helder, Cardenas, Paul, Bush, Andy, Bossley, Cara, Davies, Jane, Ervine, Aaron, Poulter, Len, Pachter, Lior, Moffatt, Miriam F., Cookson, William O. C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2798952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20052417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008578

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