Sensitization to Aspergillus fumigatus as a risk factor for bronchiectasis in COPD

BACKGROUND: Bronchiectasis–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap presents a possible clinical phenotype of COPD, but it is unclear why it develops in a subset of patients. We hypothesized that sensitization to Aspergillus fumigatus (A fum) is associated with bronchiectasis in COPD and...

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Autores principales: Everaerts, Stephanie, Lagrou, Katrien, Dubbeldam, Adriana, Lorent, Natalie, Vermeersch, Kristina, Van Hoeyveld, Erna, Bossuyt, Xavier, Dupont, Lieven J, Vanaudenaerde, Bart M, Janssens, Wim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28919731
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S141695

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