High Seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Case-Control Study

BACKGROUND: Bordetella pertussis has been suggested to take part in the acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between B. pertussis and COPD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this case-control study, 90 patients with COPD...

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Autores principales: Hashemi, Seyyed Hamid, Nadi, Ebrahim, Hajilooi, Mehrdad, Seif-Rabiei, Mohammad-Ali, Samaei, Atefeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26858762

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