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Colour of sputum is a marker for bacterial colonisation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Bacterial colonisation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) contributes to airway inflammation and modulates exacerbations. We assessed risk factors for bacterial colonisation in COPD. METHODS: Patients with stable COPD consecutively recruited over 1 year gave consent to provi...

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Autores principales: Miravitlles, Marc, Marín, Alicia, Monsó, Eduard, Vilà, Sara, de la Roza, Cristian, Hervás, Ramona, Esquinas, Cristina, García, Marian, Millares, Laura, Morera, Josep, Torres, Antoni
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-58