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Bacterial Topography of the Healthy Human Lower Respiratory Tract

Although culture-independent techniques have refuted lung sterility in health, controversy about contamination during bronchoscope passage through the upper respiratory tract (URT) has impeded research progress. We sought to establish whether bronchoscopic sampling accurately reflects the lung micro...

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Autores principales: Dickson, Robert P., Erb-Downward, John R., Freeman, Christine M., McCloskey, Lisa, Falkowski, Nicole R., Huffnagle, Gary B., Curtis, Jeffrey L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5312084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28196961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02287-16