Evidence of mycobacterial disease in COPD patients with lung volume reduction surgery; the importance of histological assessment of specimens: a cohort study

BACKGROUND: Patients with COPD are at risk of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection (NTM). This study examined the histology of lung tissue from COPD patients following lung volume reduction with particular focus on evidence of mycobacterial infection. METHODS: Retrospective histological study of...

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Autores principales: Char, Anjali, Hopkinson, Nick S, Hansell, David M, Nicholson, Andrew G, Shaw, Emily C, Clark, Samuel J, Sedgwick, Philip, Wilson, Robert, Jordan, Simon, Loebinger, Michael R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25086862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-124

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25086862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-124

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