Bacterial burden in the lower airways predicts disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and is independent of radiological disease extent

Increasing bacterial burden in the lower airways of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis confers an increased risk of disease progression and mortality. However, it remains unclear whether this increased bacterial burden directly influences progression of fibrosis or simply reflects the magni...

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Autores principales: Invernizzi, Rachele, Barnett, Joseph, Rawal, Bhavin, Nair, Arjun, Ghai, Poonam, Kingston, Shaun, Chua, Felix, Wu, Zhe, Wells, Athol U., Renzoni, Elizabeth R., Nicholson, Andrew G., Rice, Alexandra, Lloyd, Clare M., Byrne, Adam J., Maher, Toby M., Devaraj, Anand, Molyneaux, Philip L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7136009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31980496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01519-2019

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