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Quantitative analysis of pathogens in the lower respiratory tract of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Bacterial infection of the lower respiratory tract is believed to play a major role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD). This study investigates the potential relationship between AECOPD and the load of six common b...

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Autores principales: Wang, Huaying, Gu, Xiao, Weng, Yuesong, Xu, Tao, Fu, Zhongming, Peng, Weidong, Yu, Wanjun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4543462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26286268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-015-0094-z