Respiratory Viral Infections in Chronic Lung Diseases

Chronic lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cystic fibrosis (CF) and interstitial lung diseases (ILD), affect many individuals worldwide. Patients with these chronic lung diseases are susceptible to respiratory lung infections and some of these viral infectio...

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Autores principales: Britto, Clemente J., Brady, Virginia, Lee, Seiwon, Dela Cruz, Charles S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5679206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28159164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2016.11.014
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Sumario:Chronic lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cystic fibrosis (CF) and interstitial lung diseases (ILD), affect many individuals worldwide. Patients with these chronic lung diseases are susceptible to respiratory lung infections and some of these viral infections can contribute to disease pathogenesis. This review highlights the associations of lung infections and the respective chronic lung diseases and how infection in the different lung diseases affects disease exacerbation and progression.

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