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Sputum microbiology predicts health status in COPD
BACKGROUND: Spontaneous sputum production occurs in a subset of COPD patients; however, its clinical relevance has not been established. Differences in health status and clinical outcomes between patients with and without positive sputum cultures are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare clinical character...
Autores principales: | Braeken, Dionne CW, Houben-Wilke, Sarah, Smid, Dionne E, Rohde, Gernot GU, Drijkoningen, Jesse JC, Wouters, Emiel FM, Spruit, Martijn A, Franssen, Frits ME |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106218/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853361 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S117079 |
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