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Bacterial flora in the sputum and comorbidity in patients with acute exacerbations of COPD

OBJECTIVE: To determine in patients admitted with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AE-COPD) the association between the isolation of potential pathogens in a conventional sputum culture and comorbidities. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The ESMI study is a multicenter observatio...

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Autores principales: Boixeda, Ramon, Almagro, Pere, Díez-Manglano, Jesús, Cabrera, Francisco Javier, Recio, Jesús, Martin-Garrido, Isabel, Soriano, Joan B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664106
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S88702