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Comparison of Oropharyngeal Microbiota from Children with Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis
1 Jan 2017
Abstract excerpt
A genuine microbiota resides in the lungs which emanates from the colonization by the oropharyngeal microbiota. Changes in the oropharyngeal microbiota might be the source of dysbiosis observed in the lower airways in patients suffering from asthma or cystic fibrosis (CF). To examine this hypothesis, we compared the throat microbiota from healthy children ( n=62 ) and that from children with asthma ( n=27 ) and...
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