Comparing microbiota profiles in induced and spontaneous sputum samples in COPD patients

BACKGROUND: Induced and spontaneous sputum are used to evaluate the airways microbiota. Whether the sputum types can be used interchangeably in microbiota research is unknown. Our aim was to compare microbiota in induced and spontaneous sputum from COPD patients sampled during the same consultation....

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Autores principales: Tangedal, Solveig, Aanerud, Marianne, Grønseth, Rune, Drengenes, Christine, Wiker, Harald G., Bakke, Per S., Eagan, Tomas M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28851370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-017-0645-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28851370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-017-0645-3

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