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Bacterial and viral coinfection in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients: the prevalence and possible role in disease progression

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive interstitial pneumonia of unknown aetiology with a mean survival rate of less than 3 years. No previous studies have been performed on the role of co-infection (viral and bacterial infection) in the pathogenesis and progression of IPF....

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Autores principales: Moghoofei, Mohsen, Mostafaei, Shayan, Kondori, Nasim, Armstrong, Michelle E., Babaei, Farhad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35148733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01853-y