Some Pneumococcal Serotypes Are More Frequently Associated with Relapses of Acute Exacerbations in COPD Patients

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the role of the capsular type in pneumococci causing relapse and reinfection episodes of acute exacerbation in COPD patients. METHODS: A total of 79 patients with 116 recurrent episodes of acute exacerbations caused by S. pneumoniae were included into this study (1995–2010). A...

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Autores principales: Domenech, Arnau, Ardanuy, Carmen, Pallares, Roman, Grau, Immaculada, Santos, Salud, De la Campa, Adela G., Liñares, Josefina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059027

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059027

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