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Bacteria and sputum inflammatory cell counts; a COPD cohort analysis
BACKGROUND: There is evidence that bacterial colonisation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with increased neutrophilic airway inflammation. This study tested the hypothesis that different bacterial phyla and species cause different inflammatory profiles in COPD patients....
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7603729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33131502 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-01552-4 |