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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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Autores principales: Beech, Augusta S., Lea, Simon, Kolsum, Umme, Wang, Zhang, Miller, Bruce E., Donaldson, Gavin C., Wedzicha, Jadwiga A., Brightling, Christopher E., Singh, Dave
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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