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The gut microbiota plays a protective role in the host defence against pneumococcal pneumonia

OBJECTIVE: Pneumonia accounts for more deaths than any other infectious disease worldwide. The intestinal microbiota supports local mucosal immunity and is increasingly recognised as an important modulator of the systemic immune system. The precise role of the gut microbiota in bacterial pneumonia,...

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Autores principales: Schuijt, Tim J, Lankelma, Jacqueline M, Scicluna, Brendon P, de Sousa e Melo, Felipe, Roelofs, Joris J T H, de Boer, J Daan, Hoogendijk, Arjan J, de Beer, Regina, de Vos, Alex, Belzer, Clara, de Vos, Willem M, van der Poll, Tom, Wiersinga, W Joost
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4819612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26511795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309728