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Sputum microbiota in severe asthma patients: Relationship to eosinophilic inflammation.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Oct 2017
Li Naijian, Qiu Rihuang, Yang Zhaowei, Li Jing, Chung Kian Fan, Zhong Nanshan, Zhang Qingling
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BACKGROUND: Altered composition of airway microbiota has been reported in subjects suffering from asthma but its relation to eosinophilic phenotype is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between sputum microbiota, asthma severity and inflammatory type in asthmatic subjects from Guangzhou, China. METHODS: Induced sputum samples were obtained from 49 non-smoking asthma patients, 25 severe and 24...
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